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|  data3  = Originally hung in the Bedfordale Hall, Admiral Road, Bedfordale
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Bedfordale Roll of Honour commemorates those from Bedfordale who served in World War One.  
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Mundijong School Roll of Honour commemorates those who had been pupils at the Mundijong School who served in World War One.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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In October 1915, it was reported that seventeen men from the Bedfordale community volunteered to serve in WWI;
 
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<blockquote>''Mr. A. V. Cross (president of the local Agricultural Society) eulogised the patriotic spirit which had prompted them to take up arms in the common cause, and mentioned that a total of 17 Bedfordale boys had enlisted. Of these, eight had already gone to the front, viz: — R. Salter (wounded), L. Livermore (wounded), F. Plant (wounded), J. Winning (killed), D. Winning, R. Smith, S. Champion, and W. Butcher; whilst the later contingent, whom they were now entertaining, were A. J. Egan, F. Waters, F. Ryniker, F. Dowell, A. Symons, W. Stevens, V. Chandler, W. Kerridge, R. Champion. Mr. Cross also made sympathetic reference to the death of Mr. James Winning (late secretary of the society), who was recently killed at the Dardanelles'' <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191014783 |title=Bedfordale Jottings. |newspaper=[[Harvey Chronicle]] |volume=I, |issue=4 |location=Western Australia |date=1 October 1915 |accessdate=1 November 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>
 
  
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The Roll of Honour Board was donated by John Thomas Smith, JP, of Bedfordale, who owned Roscrea orchard which was adjacent to the Butcher family property in Wungong. Mr Smith's son was [[John Harold Rupert Smith]] who was serving in the AIF at the time. The Roll of Honour was unveiled at the Bedfordale Agricultural and Horticultural Society’s Empire Day celebrations 24th May 1916, by local pioneer Thomas Ottaway;
 
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<blockquote>''… to commemorate the brave lads who have joined the A.I.F. from Bedfordale … placed there to commemorate the action of those brave men who volunteered for duty in the defence of the Empire ... proud of what Bedfordale had done in the matter of answering the call for volunteers for the defense of the Empire. They owed a debt of gratitude to the patriotism of Mr Smith in donating the handsome Roll of Honour board. Mr Smith also had-a son at the Front.''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148648311 |title=Empire Day at Bedforddale. UNVEILING HONOUR ROLL |newspaper=[[South Western Advertiser]] |volume=VI, |issue=285 |location=Western Australia |date=2 June 1916 |accessdate=1 November 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>
 
  
  
 
==Setting==
 
==Setting==
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The Bedfordale Roll of Honour was originally hung in the Bedfordale Hall, Admiral Road, Bedfordale, from 1916.
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The Mundijong School Roll of Honour was originally hung in the Mundijong Government school.
  
  
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==Monument Details==
 
==Monument Details==
 
'''Title'''
 
'''Title'''
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<blockquote>''1914 - 1919<br />Lest we forget''</blockquote>
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<blockquote>''Mundijong School<br />Roll of Honour<br />1914 - European War - 1919<br />The Path of Duty was the way to Glory''</blockquote>
  
 
'''Names'''
 
'''Names'''
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*[[Joseph Sowden Kidd]]
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* [[John Alexander Adamson]] (''Listed as Alexander Adamson'')
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* † [[Herbert (Bert) Cumming]] † (''Listed as Bertie Cumming †'')
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* [[Charles Frederick McKay]] (''Listed as Charles McKay'')
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* † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]  (''Listed as Douglas Firns †'')
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* [[Charles Glyn Firns]] (''Listed as Glyn Firns'')
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* [[George Weston Firns]] (''Listed as George Firns'')
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* [[Thomas Bird]]
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* [[Clyde Bird]]
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* † [[Claude Algernon Wright]]  (''Listed as Claude Wright †'')
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* [[Walter Alfred King]] (''Listed as Walter King'')
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* [[Alexander Robinson]] (''Listed as Lionel Robinson'')
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* † [[Charles Stephen Haughey]] (''Listed as Charles Haughey'')
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* † [[Ronald Daniel Wallace]]  (''Listed as Ronald Wallace †'')
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* † [[Stephen Hubert Christian (Hughie) Wallace]]  (''Listed as Hubert Wallace †'')
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* † [[Ernest John Coles]]  (''Listed as John Coles †'')
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* [[John James Thorpe]] (''Listed as John Thorpe'')
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* [[John Edmond Rhodes]] (''Listed as John Rhodes'')
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* [[Ernest (Roy) William Sladden]] (''Listed as Roy Sladden'')
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* † [[Gordon Bishop]]
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* † [[Frederick James Bishop]]  (''Listed as Fred Bishop †'')
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* [[Frank Thomas Firns]] (''Listed as Frank Firns'')
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* [[Clarence Otto Sladden]] (''Listed as Clarence Sladden'')
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* [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]] (''Listed as Joseph Kidd'')
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* [[Albert Edgar Chuck]] (''Listed as Albert Chuck'')
  
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''Those who died on service were marked on the Roll with a cross''
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''Those who died on service were marked on the Roll with an asterisk''
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Mundijong School Roll of Honour
Mundijong School.jpg
Mundijong School Roll of Honour
Monument Details
Name Mundijong School Roll of Honour
Location Originally hung in the Mundijong Government school. A copy of the Roll is held in the Mundijong Library.
Dedication Date ????

Mundijong School Roll of Honour commemorates those who had been pupils at the Mundijong School who served in World War One.

History

Setting

The Mundijong School Roll of Honour was originally hung in the Mundijong Government school.


Monument Details

Title

Mundijong School
Roll of Honour
1914 - European War - 1919
The Path of Duty was the way to Glory

Names

Those who died on service were marked on the Roll with a cross

References

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