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(Plaque 1)
Beaconsfield Avenue of Honour 1914-1918
In 1928 Beaconsfield Progress Association applied to the Country Roads Board to plant the / Avenue and funding was provided by Ada Armytage. Black poplar trees were planted in 1929 / to honour the 65 servicemen from Beaconsfield and district who served in World War 1. / Metal nameplates were made and later found in storage, but in poor condition.
In 2014 the Beaconsfield Progress Association Inc. and Cardinia Shire Council erected bronze name plaques for the servicemen with funding provided by the State Government of Victoria. / The trees can be viewed looking up the highway from Beaconsfield to Berwick.
(Plaque 2)
Lest We Forget
ADAMSON James Randle 19 / ADAMSON John 10131 / ADAMSON Robert Syme 631 / ARMYTAGE Charles Morrel 543 / ARMYTAGE Clive Norman 551 / ARMYTAGE Edward Oscar British Army 159827 / ARMYTAGE Gerald Mostyn 21992 / ARMYTAGE Neville Fairbairn 38944 / BARNETT Thomas Frederick 10803 / BAUSCH Frederick William 3016 / BINKS James 1700 / BONETTE Francis Leonard David 1890 / *BRAGG Arthur Robert 2564 / BRAIN Albert John 356 / BROWN Percy Charles 7211 / CAMERON Duncan 162 / CAMERON Hugh Allan 2648 / CAMERON Richard Bruce 1522 / CAMERON William Wallace 1622 / CHANDLER Stanley Wilfred 2860 / *CHILDS Albert George 2599 / *CHRISTIE John Leslie 3054
(Plaque 3)
Lest We Forget
COULSON Harold (Harry) 3369 / CROWLEY John 5989 / *DINELEY Edward Bernard 1151 / FERGUSON Henry 4783 / FOX Robert Henry 33338 / GILBERT John Hand 606 / GLEDHILL Richard (Dick) 5385 / GORDON Richard Samuel Stewart 6270 / GRANT Cecil Henry Bell 3398 / GRANT George Thomas 2187 / *HARBOUR Herbert Joel 3337 / HARBOUR William 5112 / HILL Clarence Juan 550 / HOUSE Herbert 5493 / HUTTON Henry 3325 / LAMB Harold Kent 6447 / LAWRENCE George Douglas Capt. / LUKE Victor Mason 2399 / MADDOCKS Alfred Edward Leslie V80242 / *MANNING George William Harold 219 / MARSDEN Edgar John Lieut. / MAY Alexander (Alec) Leslie 5926
(Plaque 4)
Lest We Forget
McALPIN Ronald 3698 / *McNAUGHTON William Charles 204 / NIXON Henry 286 / *OSBORNE James Patrick 2733 / PETTIT Thomas John 64548 / RIX James Henry 10918 / ROBERTS Herman 1276 / ROBERTS Leslie Alfred 1959 / SCOTT George Wilfred 7590 / STERRY Thomas William Fell 6411 / STEVENS William Charles 58/69120 / THOMAS Alonzo Guy / *TUCKER John Frederick 2795 / Tulk Richard Stephen 2175 / WARMBRUNN Alfred Ernest 2014 / WHITE Sydney Pleno 3638 / WHITESIDE Thomas Clair 2821 / WILLIAMS Frederick John 61018 / WILLIAMS Rupert Ernest 37552 / WITHAM James Albert 4208
Surveyed on: 14 Nov 2014
Surveyed by: Fay
Beaconsfield VIC 3807, Australia
Beaconsfield Avenue of Honour – Servicemen Remembered
This is a publication by the Beaconsfield Progress Association Inc. It also can be found on their website https://beaconsfield.org.au/beaconsfield-avenue-of-honour/
They had researched each of the soldiers on the “Beaconsfield Avenue of Honour”. Each is remembered by giving details from their service records and telling a story.
The book is part of our Casey Cardinia Collection and has now been indexed and added to the Casey Cardinia Combined Index.