Blackall Honour Boards
Blackall Cultural Centre, 17 Hawthorne Street
Blackall QLD 4472
Three timber honour boards are located on the wall of the supper room of the Blackall Cultural Centre. The First and Second World War Honour Boards are of a similar design.
- Inscription
First World War Honour Board:
THE GREAT WAR
ROLL OF HONOR
(followed by 315 names etched on a metal plate)
Second World War Honour Board:
WORLD WAR II
(followed by 380 names)
Post Second World War Honour Board:
BORNEO.MALAYSIA.VIETNAM
CAMPAIGNS
(followed by 12 names)
- Conflicts commemorated
- First World War, 1914–1918
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1962–1966
- Vietnam War, 1962–1972
- Memorial type
- Honour board
- Additional information
The First World War Honour Board was unveiled in the Town Hall by the Governor General, Lord Forster, and Lady Forster, in August 1922. At this time the Honour Board listed 312 names, in alphabetical order, of those who served, with Nurse Greta Towner at the end. Since 1936, when the roll was published in Barcaldine’s Western Champion newspaper, three more names have been added.
- Recorded by
- Niles Elvery
- Date recorded
- 16 February 2016