Mirani Honour Board

Location: Mirani Community Hall, Mirani.
Local Government Authority: Mackay Regional Council.
Year Constructed: post 1918
Type of Construction:   Timber and Marble.
War: 1914-1918
Names: 60 (no indication of those killed, wounded etc.)
History:   
Information Sources:  

Mirani Honour Board 1994. (Glen Hall Collection)

Name recorded Identified as  
ALEXANDER, L. ALEXANDER, Leslie Strath, Major, 11th Light Horse Regiment (A Squadron) /4th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 20 March 1915, Returned To Australia, 30 July 1919.
ANDERSON, A.W. ANDERSON, Albert William, Private, 6458, 15th Battalion`(21st Reinforcements), enlisted 29 May 1916, Returned to Australia 19 June 1919.
BAUMGARTNER, J. BAUMGARTNER, James, Private, 89, 41st Battalion (Machine Gun Section), enlisted 15 December 1915, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919.
BAUMGARTNER, W.F. BAUMGARTNER, William Francis, Trooper, 371, 
5th Light Horse Regiment (A Squadron), enlisted 29 October 1914, Returned to Australia 15 November 1918. Died 6 January 1928 near Toowoomba aged 42 years.
BLACKMUIR, A.E. BLACKMUR , Albert Edward (MM & Bar), Lieutenant, 4744, 15th Battalion (15th Reinforcements), enlisted 2 November 1915, Returned to Australia 16 June 1919.
BROWNSEY, H. BROWNSEY, Herbert William, Private, 58070, 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements / 9th Battalion, enlisted 23 May 1918, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919.
BROWNSEY, O.E. BROWNSEY, Oliver Ernest, Private, 133, 41st Battalion (A Company), enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 26 September 1917, died 4 November 1949, aged 55 years, buried Mirani Cemetery.
CARR, C. CARR, Cecil, Private, 2043, 41st Battalion (3rd Reinforcements), enlisted 4 April 1916, Returned to Australia 2 January 1919, Died 2 February 1973 aged 75 years, buried Walkerston Cemetery.
CAMERON, A. CAMERON, Andrew, Lance Corporal, 1285, 42nd Battalion (A Company) /15th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Returned to Australia 12 May 1919.
CONNELLY, P.F. CONNELLY, Percy Francis, Private, 3144, 49th Battalion (8th Reinforcements), enlisted 2 November 1916, Died of Disease 19 March 1917, Military Hospital, Codford, England.
COWAN, J. COWAN, John, Private, 616, 41st Battalion (C Company), enlisted 3 January 1916, Returned to Australia, died 8 June 1970, aged 73 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay.
COWAN, R. COWAN, Robert, Private, 595A, 41st Battalion (C Company) / 31st Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 10 June 1919. died 26th September 1920 aged 39 years. Buried 27 September 1920 in Mackay Cemetery.
COYNE, S. COYNE, Stephen, Gunner, 21205, 9th Field Artillery Brigade (36th Battery) / 8th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 13 December 1915, Returned to Australia 23 June 1919.
DRAKE, W.A. DRAKE, William Alexander, Driver, 5369, 12th Battalion (17th Reinforcements) / 1st Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 9 December 1918, died 1 June 1931, aged 34 years, buried Mirani Cemetery.
EASTGATE, J.V. EASTGATE, John Vincent (M.I.D.), Sergeant, 1003A, 11th Light Horse Regiment (4th Reinforcements) /15th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 1 July 1915, Returned To Australia, 24 July 1919. Died 17 November 1941 aged 48 years. Buried 19 November 1941 in Mackay Cemetery.
EDWARDS, S.H. EDWARDS, Sydney Herbert, Corporal, 3333, 
9th Battalion (11th Reinforcements)/ 49th Battalion, enlisted 26 July 1915, Killed in Action, 5 April 1918, France.
FENTON, G.L. FENTON, George Samuel, Corporal, 2854, 15th Battalion (9th Reinforcements) / 47th Battalion, enlisted 13 August 1915, Discharged in England 18 July 1918.
FUDGE, E. FUDGE, Edgar, Private, 5791, 15th Battalion (18th Reinforcements), enlisted 6 January 1916, Died of Wounds, 27 February 1918, Hessian Woods, France. 
FUDGE, L.R. FUDGE, Lewis Robert, Sergeant, 1107, 41st Battalion (1st Reinforcements), enlisted 18 November 1915, Returned to Australia 10 March 1918.
GREENAWAY, E.F. GREENWAY, Ernest Fyfield, Private, 6325, 26th Battalion, enlisted 2 September 1916, Returned to Australia 26 September 1917.
HEAD, T. HEAD, Thompson, Private, 6038, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 28 February 1916, Killed in Action, 10 October 1917, Passchendaele, Belgium.
HEAD, W. HEAD, William, Trooper, 3123, 2nd Light Horse Regiment (24th Reinforcements), enlisted 16 October 1916, Returned to Australia 13 March 1919, died 23 July 1972, aged 75 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery.
HOGAN, B.J. HOGAN, Bernard Francis, Sergeant, 5595, 25th Battalion (15th Reinforcements) , enlisted 29 January 1916, Returned to Australia 23 March 1919.
INSCH, E.B. INSCH, Edward Bland, Warrant Officer (Class II), 41, 5th Light Horse Regiment (Machine Gun Section) / 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, enlisted 17 September 1914, Returned to Australia 15 November 1918.
JENNER, A. JENNER , Albert Alexander, (M.M.), Private, 6336, 26th Battalion (18th Reinforcements), enlisted 14 October 1916, Returned to Australia 13 July 1919.Died in Mackay 3 December 1952 aged 61 years. Buried 5 December 1952 at Mackay Cemetery.
JENNER, A.J. JENNER, Arthur John, Private, 58112, 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements / 18th Depot of Supply, enlisted 23 May 1918, Returned to Australia 3 September 1919, died 5 December 1979, aged 80 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay.
KEUNE, A.T. KEUNE, Archibald Theodore, Private, 1092, 41st Battalion (1st Reinforcementas) / 9th Battalion, enlisted 31 January 1916, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919, died 5 November 1977, aged 88 years, buried Walkerston Cemetery.
KINNEAR, W.J. KINNEAR, William John, Private, 5409, 12th Battalion (17th Reinforcements) / Australian Army Medical Corps, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919.
LOBIE, W.E. LOBIE, William Edward, Driver, 64413, 38th Company Australian Army Service Corps / 6th Reinforcements (Egypt), enlisted 13 July 1918, Returned to Australia 1 September 1919. died 8 January 1929 aged 29 years. Buried 9 January 1929 in Mackay Cemetery.
LUSCOMBE, G.T. LUSCOMBE, George Thomas, Lance Corporal, 1266, 42nd Battalion (C Company), enlisted 11 February 1916, Killed in Action, 10 June 1917, Messines, Belgium.
LUSCOMBE, P.J. LUSCOMBE, Philip James, Private, 219, 41st Battalion (A Company) / Australian Army Provost Corps, enlisted 6 January 1916, Effective abroad, died 29 June 1975, aged 81 years, buried Walkerston Cemetery.
LYNCH, T.M. LYNCH, Thomas Mark, Private, 560, 7th Machine Gun Company (9th Reinforcements) / 2nd Machine Gun Company, enlisted 20 August 1916, Returned to Australia 1 June 1920.
McHARDIE, J. McHARDIE, James Silvester (M.C.), Lieutenant, 2378, 26th Battalion (5th Reinforcements), enlisted 5 July 1915, Returned to Australia 11 May 1917. 
McLENNAN, R.D. McLENNAN, Roderick Dhu, Private, 2219, 47th Battalion (4th Reinforcements), enlisted 15 March 1916, Killed in Action 31 March 1918, France. 
McMAHON, R.J. McMAHON, Richard John, Private, 242, 41st Battalion (A Company), enlisted 6 December 1915,  Died of Wounds, 3 June 1917, France.
ORCHARD, G.W. ORCHARD, George William, Trooper, 3187, 2nd Light Horse Regiment (25th Reinforcements), enlisted 10 June 1916, Returned to Australia 13 March 1919.
PEARCE, F. PEARCE, Frederick Richard, Private, 1721, 47th Battalion (2nd Reinforcements), enlisted 14 February 1916, Returned to Australia 16 July 1917.
PENNY, C. PENNY, Charles, Private, 5735, 9th Battalion (18th Reinforcements) / 25th Battalion, enlisted 31 January 1916, Died of Wounds, 4 July 1918, Hamel, France. 
PENNY, G.A. PENNY, George Alfred, Private, 200, 11th Light Horse Regiment (A Squadron), enlisted 30 December 1914, Returned To Australia, 20 July 1919.
PRATT, D. (Not Yet Identified)
REILLY, J. REILLY, John (D.C.M.), Corporal, 725, 41st Battalion (C Company)/ 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 11 November 1915, Returned to Australia 1 January 1918.
ROWE, G. ROWE, George Henry, Private, 4660, 31st Battalion (12th Reinforcements), enlisted 3 November 1916, Returned to Australia 2 January 1919. Died 8 September 1947 aged 61 years. Buried 8 September 1947 in Mackay Cemetery.
RUDD, B. RUDD, Robert James Percy, Private, 1962, 52nd Battalion (3rd Reinforcements) / 41st Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 24 August 1918, died 7 December 1925, aged 27 years, buried Mirani Cemetery.
SMITH, C. SMITH, Charles Owen, Private, 9666, 7th Field Ambulance (10th Reinforcements) / 13th Field Ambulance, enlisted 12 August 1915. Returned to Australia 15 November 1919.
SMITH, G. SMITH, Guy Ashley, Private, 300, enlisted 26 September 1918, B Company , 1st Military district, discharged 30 December 1918, did not proceed overseas.
SMITH, H. SMITH, Harold Spencer, Private, 3501, 9th Battalion (11th Reinforcements) / 49th Battalion, enlisted 20 July 1915, Returned to Australia 12 May 1919.
SMITH, R. (Not Yet Identified)
STACEY, H. STACEY, Harry, Private, 5470, 12th Battalion (17th Reinforcements)/ 1st Company Australian Army Service Corps, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 20 April 1919.
STEVENSON, J. STEVENSON, John, Private, 291, 41st Battalion (A Company), enlisted 19 October 1915, Killed in Action, 4 June 1917, Messines, Belgium.
WATT, H. WATT, Herbert, Private, 2171, 41st Battalion (3rd Reinforcements), enlisted 10 April 1916, Returned to Australia 16 March 1918, died 9 September 1919, aged 26 years, buried Mirani Cemetery.
WEBSTER, L. WEBSTER, Leslie Raymond, Private, 58177, 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements / 9th Battalion, enlisted 9 July 1918, Returned to Australia 5 September 1919. 
WHITEFORD, D. WHITEFORD, Robert Daniel, Private, 2655, 42nd Battalion (5th Reinforcements) /3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 30 September 1916, Returned To Australia 10 May 1919, died 5 September 1977, aged 84 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay.
WHITEFORD, J. WHITEFORD, James, Private, 6/2010, Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F., Killed in Action, 5 December 1917, Polygon Wood, Belgium.
WILLEY, F. WILLEY , Francis John (M.M., M.I.D.), Lance Corporal, 4061, 31st Battalion (10th Reinforcements) , enlisted 14 February 1916, Returned to Australia 10 June 1919.
WILLIAMSON, E.H. WILLIAMSON, Edward Henry, Private, 762, 41st Battalion (C Company), enlisted 26 October 1915, Returned to Australia 19 September 1919.
WILLIAMSON, P. WILLIAMSON, Percy, Private, 2184, 41st Battalion (3rd Reinforcements), enlisted 8 May 1916, Returned to Australia 6 September 1919, died 28 August 1958, aged 63 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay.
WILSON, H. WILSON, Harold, Private, 6115, 9th Battalion (19th Reinforcements), enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 12 December 1918.
WOOD, A. WOOD, Alan Douglas, Private, 308, 41st Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Killed in Action, 1 September 1918, France. 
WOOD, J.B. WOOD, John Bertram, Private, 310, 41st Battalion (A Company), enlisted 18 January 1916, Returned to Australia 12 March 1918. 
WOODS, S.F. WOOD, Sydney Francis, Private, 3755, 31st Battalion (9th Reinforcements) / 52nd Battalion , enlisted 9 March 1916, Died whilst a Prisoner of War, 28 April 1918, France.

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