Townsville Grammar School War Service Honour Board

Memorial information

Description

Timber panelled Honour Board displaying the names of individuals from the school community who have served in various wars and peac-keeping conflicts.

Inscription

The Honour Board bears the inscription WAR SERVICE HONOUR ROLL and lists the names in 8 columnsm with a spare addenda column.

[Names] - 329 students who enlisted in World War II.
The Board also lists the names of those past students who fought in the Boer War [5], the Korean War [5] Borneo [3], Malaya [6], Vietnam [21] and United Nations Peace keeping Forces [1].

36 past students lost their lives during World War II [2 in the Navy, 10 In the Army and 24 in the Air Force]. 1 past student was killed in Vietnam. There is also a section dedicated to staff who served in World War II.

Conflicts

South African War, World War I, World War II, Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Indonesian Confrontation, Vietnam War, Peacekeeping

Memorial type

Honour board

Contributions

Bill Muller. Archivist and Kim Steele, Photographer