Owens and Beatrice Creeks Honour Board 1939–1945
Gargett Hotel,
Jim Moule Street,
(36km west of Mackay off the Mackay-Eungella Road)
Gargett QLD 4741
Timber Honour Board listing the names of 41 men and women who served in WWII.
(2 Killed in Action; 1 Accidentally Killed; 3 Australian Womens Army Service)
- Inscription
OWENS AND BEATRICE CREEKS
ROLL OF HONOUR[NAMES] [NAMES]
(refer to additional images for list of names)
- Conflicts commemorated
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Memorial type
- Honour board
- Commemorative services held
- To be confirmed
- Additional information
Roll of Honor Legend:
- A.W.A.S. Australian Womens Army Service
- A.K. Accidentally Killed
- K. in A. Killed in Action
This wooden Roll of Honour once hung with a picture of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the old dance hall at Owens Creek, near the residence of Llew Harris. Llew Harris transferred it to the Gargett Hotel in the 1990s for better security as the hall was becoming dilapidated.
- Recorded by
- Glen Hall, Mackay Historical Society. Col Benson, Mackay RSL Historian.
- Date recorded
- 9 March 2009
Nearby memorials
- Eton Memorial Gates 1939–1945
- Eton War Memorial 1914–1918
- Farleigh Mill and District Roll of Honour 1914 - 1919
- Gargett and District Honour Board 1914-1919
- Gargett and District War Memorial Gates
- Hampden and Ossa Roll of Honor 1914-1919
- Kuttabul Roll of Honour
- Pinnacle and District 1914–1918 Honour Board
- Pleystowe and District Honour Board 1939-1946