Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall

Godfrey Street and Lake View Street,Boort, LODDON SHIRE

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  • Physical Description 1

    Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall - Physical Description 1

    Large brick memorial hall with front offices (rendered). There is a flagpole above the entrance.
    
    Memorials
    South face
    Above entrance door
    Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
    SHIRE OF GORDON
    1914 1918
    On either side of entrance door
    MEMORIAL HALL
    
    Stone inlaid in south wall
    GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
    THIS STONE WAS LAID BY
    BRIG. GENERAL ELLIOTT
    ON 2ND NOV 1929 IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN
    "THEY GAVE THEIR ALL."
    
    F.H. LUCKINS & SON C.D. GRAIN A.M.I.E. (AUST)
    CONTRACTORS ARCHITECT
    
    The building next door is used as the Boort RSL clubrooms.
    
    Plaque on south wall
    Insignia of Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995
    BOORT R&SL SUB-BRANCH
    
    THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
    THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
    THE END OF WORLD WAR II
    AND THE MEMORY OF THE
    MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED
    
    'Lest We Forget'

    Historical Australian Themes

    Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall - Historical Australian Themes

    Remembering the fallen

    Usage/Former Usage

    Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall - Usage/Former Usage

    Commemoration

    Veterans Description for Public

    Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall - Veterans Description for Public

    The Shire of Gordon Memorial Hall, on Godfrey and Lake View Streets, is a large rendered brick building with front offices. Above the entranceway is a flagpole and the Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces. The entrance way reads "Shire of Gordon 1914-1918." The building was established November 2nd 1929 and commemorates those who served in the First and Second World Wars.

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