Gosnells Primary School Honour Roll

Monument Details
Name	Gosnells Honour Roll
Location	Gosnells Primary School
Dedication Date	June 1916

History

In June 1916, a Gosnells Honour Roll, along with a bust of British military leader Lord Kitchener, was presented to the Gosnells Primary School. The presentation was attended by Mrs Nairn, wife of William Nairn MLA, the district Member of Parliament. At that time, the roll contained only 17 names of those who enlisted for World War I. This was later increased to 32 to accommodate the individuals who enlisted later.

Not all of those listed had attended the Gosnells Primary School but they all had a connection to the local area. Many men listed were born in the United Kingdom and immigrated to Australia. Most of the men embarked for war in 1916 and the most common profession listed on their papers was labourer. The majority survived the war and returned to Australia; the last and oldest dying in 1980.

Today, the Honour Roll is a key component of Gosnells Primary School’s annual Anzac Day service

Monument Details

Not in strict alpha order. The names are in the order that they appear on the Honour Roll

• Henry Joseph Carroll Listed as J Carroll
• † Richard John Williams Listed as J Williams
• James Arthur (Artie) Williams Listed as A Williams
• † David Alexander Sayer Listed as D Sayers
• Henry Ivor Passmore DCM Listed as I Passmore
• † Cecil Herbert McKeown Listed as C McKeon
• Henry William Buckland Listed as H Buckland
• George Joseph Harris Listed as G Harris
• Albert John Harris Listed as A Harris
• George Thomson
• William Thomson
• Alan Harry Boyce Listed as A Boyce
• Roslyn Christopher Coulston Listed as R Colson
• Henry Seddon
• George Conway MID
• Ernest Ball DCM
• Basil Kelley Listed as Basil Kelly
• George Henry Holroyd Listed as G Holyroyd
• Thomas Allan O'Dea Listed as T O'Dea
• Ernest Wright Holroyd Listed as E Holyroyd
• George Edward Binns Listed as G Bennis
• Thomas Allan Bottrell Listed as T Botterill
• John Henry Wilkinson Listed as J Wilkinson
• Nicholas Joseph Rosekelly Listed as N Rose Kelly
• John Grant Watt MM & Bar Listed as J Watt
• Peter Grant Watt Listed as P Watt
• † Charles Leonard Lockhart Listed as C Lockhart
• † Ernest Edward Lockhart Listed as E Lockhart
• James Anthony Parker Listed as J Parker
• Walter Hayward
• A Cooper No matching record found
• Henry Arthur Grinsell Listed as G A Grinsell