Racecourse - Te Kowai Honour Board
| Location: | Mackay Sugar Corporate office foyer, Racecourse Mill, Mackay. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council. |
| Year Constructed: | possibly after 1918. |
| Type of Construction: | Timber. |
| War: | 1914-1918; 1939-1945 |
| Names: | 1914-1918 (35, 3 KIA, 2 DI) ; 1939-1945 (19, 1 KIA) |
| History: |
Unique for a local memorial as lists men in order they enlisted rather than alphabetical. |
| Information Sources: |
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| Racecourse - Te Kowai Honour Board, September 2006, (Glen Hall collection) |
1914-1918
| Name Recorded | Enlistment Date | Identified As | ||
| ANDERSEN, N.P. | May 15, 1916. | ANDERSEN, Neils Peter, Private, 5534, 26th Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 15 May 1919. | ||
| BAKER, S.E. | February 23, 1917. | BAKER, Seth Edwin, Private, 606, Machine Gun Company 10 / 1st Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 28 December 1916, Returned to Australia, 12 May 1919. | ||
| BELLAMY, G. | February 23, 1917. | BELLAMY, George Anderson, Private, 19422, Australian Army Medical Corps, enlisted 20 October 1917, Returned to Australia 9 December 1919. | ||
| BINNINGTON, J. | September 28th, 1916. | BINNINGTON, John, Private, 2835, 4th Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 27 May 1916, Returned to Australia 23 July 1919. | ||
| BISLEY, H. | May 24, 1916. | BISLEY, Harry, Private, 27, Machine Gun Company 11 / 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 December 1918. | ||
| CROWLEY, J. | June 23, 1916. | CROWLEY, John, Private, 6622, 9th Battalion, enlisted 8 February 1916, Returned to Australia 27 July 1917. | ||
| CRUNKHORN, R. | July 14, 1916. | CRUNKHORN, Roy, 2nd Corporal, 3790, 31st Battalion, enlisted 1 March 1916, Returned to Australia 18 December 1919. | ||
| GIBSON, A.S. | July 14, 1916. | D.I. | GIBSON, Andrew Shirwood Douglas, Private, 3917, 31st Battalion, enlisted 6 March 1916, died of Illness (Broncho-Pneumonia), 7 January 1917, England. | |
| HUTCHINSON, J. | May 8, 1916. | HUTCHINSON, Joseph, Private, 198, 41st Battalion, enlisted 13 March 1916, Returned to Australia 25 January 1919. | ||
| HYNE, G.L. | May 15, 1916. | HYNE, Glen Leslie, Gunner, 23267, 21st Howitzer Brigade, enlisted 17 January 1916, Returned to Australia 25 March 1919. | ||
| IRESON, T. | June 9, 1916. | IRESON, John Thomas Clark, Private, 1845, 41st Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Discharged 22 September 1919. | ||
| JOHNSTONE, E. | May 29, 1916. | JOHNSTONE, Edmond Charles Brien, Gunner, 30128, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade, enlisted 15 March 1916, Returned to Australia 11 May 1919. | ||
| LEWINGTON, E. | March 24, 1916. | LEWINGTON, Ernest Howard, Driver, 2411, 2nd Light Horse Regiment / 11th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 1 January 1916, Returned to Australia, 12 May 1919. | ||
| McALEESE, R. | August 28, 1914. | McALEESE, Robert, Private, 551, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Returned To Australia, 15 November 1918. |  |
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| McALEESE, W.J. | December 1, 1915. | McALEESE, William John, Private, 875, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 1 December 1915, Returned To Australia 10 March 1918. | ||
| McDONALD, W. | March 10, 1916. | McDONALD, William, Private, 1239, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 13 December 1915, Returned to Australia 14 January 1919. |  |
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| McLEAN, R. | May 8, 1916. | McLEAN, Ronald, Private, 2951, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 25 January 1916, Returned to Australia 13 March 1919. | ||
| McMANUS, J. | September 25, 1916 | McMANUS, James George, Private, 2365, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 17 June 1916, Returned to Australia 11 Decmber 1918. | ||
| PERSHOUSE, A. | March 10, 1916. | PERSHOUSE, Albert Henry, Private, 6128, 15th Battalion, enlisted 13 April 1916, Returned to Australia 2 June 1919. | ||
| PERSHOUSE, W.R. | December 1, 1916. | PERSHOUSE, William Robert, Private, 4642, 31st Battalion, enlisted 21 October 1916, Returned to Australia 15 January 1919. | ||
| RICHARDSON, R. | February 23, 1917. | RICHARDSON, Robert, Private, 767, Machine Gun Company 13 / 9th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1917, Returned to Australia 25 January 1919. | ||
| SCANLAN, J. | June 9, 1916. | K. | SCANLON, James, Private, 2250, 47th Battalion, enlisted 6 March 1916, Died of Wounds, 11 April 1917, France. |  |
| SCANLAN, T. | April 23, 1917. | (Not positively identified) | ||
| SPINKS, F. | December 22, 1916. | SPINKS, Frederick, Private, 7315, 15th Battalion, enlisted 14 October 1916, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. | ||
| THORNTON, L. | July 3, 1916. | THORNTON, Leonard, Corporal, 2370, 47th Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 8 August 1919. | ||
| VOLLMERHOUSE, O. | June 12, 1915. | VOLLMERHOUSE, Otto, (M.M.), Private, 2015, 25th Battalion / 2nd Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 17 June 1915, Returned to Australia 16 March 1919. | ||
| WALKER, S. | April 21, 1916. | WALKER, Samuel, Private, 6116, 9th Battalion / 1st Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 13 July 1919. |  |
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| WALKER, W. | May 8, 1916. | WALKER, William Andrew, Private, 6331, 9th Battalion, enlisted 19 February 1916, Returned to Australia 27 August 1917. | ||
| WARDROP, G. | May 5, 1916. | D.I. | WARDROP, Adam Gladstone, Driver, 27137, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 13 March 1916, Died of Illness at Sea, 8 May 1919. | |
| WARRY, V. | March 10, 1916. | WARRY, Victor Roy, Private, 764, 41st Battalion, enlisted 13 December 1915, Returned to Australia 4 January 1919. | ||
| WEST, A.H. | May 29, 1916. | K. | WEST, Arthur Nowell, Private, 1920, 41st Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1916, Killed in Action, 12 October 1917, Passchendaele, Belgium. |  |
| WHITCOMB, O. | September 25, 1916. | WHITCOMB, Owen Douglas, Private, 1508, February 1917 Reinforcements / 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, enlisted 15 May 1916, Returned to Australia 6 May 1919. | ||
| WHITE, T. | April 10, 1916. | K. | WHITE, Thomas, Private, 2005, 52nd Battalion, enlisted 11 January 1916, Killed in Action 17 April 1918, France. | |
| WINTON, D. | May 8, 1916. | WINTON, David, Private, 314, 41st Battalion / 48th Battalion, enlisted 14 March 1916, Returned to Australia 18 December 1919. | ||
| WINTON, T. | May 8, 1916. | WINTON, Thomas, Private, 5695, 26th Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 March 1918. |
1939-1945
| Name Recorded | Enlistment Date | Identified As | ||
| AH CHAY, J.S. | February 25, 1941. | AHCHAY, James Stephen, Sergeant, QX18550, 2/9th Battalion (7 RFTS), enlisted 25 February 1941, discharged 12 September 1945. | ||
| ATHERTON, A. | ATHERTON, Alan Alfred, Private,
QX2597, 6th Australian Division, enlisted 30 October 1939, discharged 7
January 1940.
ATHERTON, Alan Alfred, Sergeant, 8224 (RAAF), 3 Aircraft Depot, enlisted 23 January 1940, discharged 31 August 1945. |
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| BENSON, A. | June 23, 1940. | BENSON, Albert, Corporal, QX12033, 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 3 November 1945, Died 30 November 1971 aged 50 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. |  |
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| BROOKS, H.E. | BROOKS, Hugh Edgar, Aircraftman
1, 22099 (RAAF), 24 Squadron Amberley, enlisted 2 April 1940, discharged
30 December 1941.
BROOKS, Hugh Edgar, ERAIII, B/4109 (RAN), HMAS Shoalhaven, enlisted 7 October 1942, discharged 26 February 1946. |
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| CHRISTENSEN, A. | April 17, 1941. | CHRISTENSEN, Alick, Private, QX18640, 11 ING BN, enlisted 17 April 1941, discharged 8 June 1941. | ||
| CURRAN, J. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| DALTON, T.J. | April 1, 1941. | DALTON, Thomas Joseph, Private, QX18611, 2/31st Battalion (9 RFTS), enlisted 1 April 1941, discharged 4 January 1945. | ||
| DIPLOCK, J. | January 28, 1941. | DIPLOCK, James, Gunner, QX18534, 2/2 Tank Attack Regiment, enlisted 28 January 1941, discharged 13 February 1946. |  |
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| DREWS, G. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| GALLETLY, E. | May 6, 1941. | GALLETLY, Charles Edmunds, ERA III, B3160 (RAN), HMAS Moreton, enlisted 12 May 1941, discharged 13 February 1946. |  |
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| HAMILTON, H. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| MANN, D. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| MOODIE, G. | December 17, 1940. | MOODIE, Gavin Graham , Able Seaman, B2921 (RAN), HMAS Moreton, enlisted 16 December 1940, discharged 10 January 1946. |  |
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| O'BRIEN, C. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| REIDY, Capt. R. | December 3, 1939. | K. | REIDY, Robert Francis, Captain, QX6076, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 3 December 1939, Killed in Action, 21 March 1941, Egypt. |  |
| ROGER, G.R.L. | March 25, 1941. | ROGER, George Robert Lindsay, Sergeant, QX18596, 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1941, discharged 28 November 1947. |  |
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| THOMPSON, J. | "NAVY" | (Not positively identified) | ||
| WELCH, D. | (Not positively identified) | |||
| WOODS, L.W. | (Not positively identified) |
