Railway Remembrance Wall, Central Station, Honour Roll - Chullora Electric Carriage Workshops Honour Roll WWII

Description

Part of the Railway Remembrance Wall. A large, dark-coloured polished wooden board with three glass-fronted panels on which veterans' names have been painted. Above the name panel are painted crossed Union Jack and Australian flags with a small crown.

"Lest We Forget" is gilded at the very top of the Board.This memorial is located near platform 23.

Additional information by Sydney Trains:

Now known to be the Chullora Electric Carriage Workshops Honour Roll WWII.

A large polished wooden Honour Roll board, with 96 Railways employees names who served in WWII, encased behind three glass panes. It was decorated with a crown and crossed Union Jack and Australian flags, and the words 'Lest We Forget' above.

It was unveiled by Commissioner for Railways Tom Hartigan in c1946, and was eventually fixed to the western Railway Remembrance Wall at Central Station.

Inscription

[Above name panels]
Lest We Forget. Roll of Honour 1939 1945.

[Below the name panels]
Unveiled by T J Hartigan Esq. CMG, Commissioner for Railways.

Veterans listed on this memorial

Rank	Given Name	Fate	Unit	Link
J D	Ramsey	World War 2		view
G W	Bowker	World War 2		view
K	Keays	World War 2		view
C	Roden	World War 2	Deceased	view
N F	Bullivant	World War 2		view
W T	Kolster	World War 2		view
D	Ryan	World War 2		view
B J	Cannon	World War 2		view
R A	Lipscombe	World War 2		view
J A	Savage	World War 2		view

Address

Central Station

Haymarket NSW 2000

Recorded by

David Roden. Updated info by Sydney Trains

Dedication date:

Unveiled by Commissioner for Railways Tom Hartigan in c1946

Dedication date

01/01/1970

Conflict/s

Second World War, 1939-1945

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