Mackay Railway Honour Board
| Location: | Mackay Railway Station, Connors Road, Paget. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay City Council. |
| Year Constructed: | post 1918. |
| Type of Construction: | Timber |
| War: | 1914-1918 |
| Names: | 44 (9 Killed in Action). |
| History: | This honour board list the names of 44 railway employees who enlisted for service in the Great War of 1914-1918. The timber Honour Board was originally located beside the ticket office in the old railway station in Boddington Street. The board was moved to the present Railway station on 1994. |
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Mackay Railway Honour Board , 2006 (Glen Hall Collection) |
MACKAY RAILWAY
ROLL OF HONOUR
| Name recorded | Identified as | |
| ANDREWS, J.H. | (Not positively identified) | |
| BRADBURY, W.A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CARR, C. | CARR, Cecil, Private, 2043, 41st Battalion, enlisted 4 April 1916, Returned to Australia 2 January 1919. | |
| COOK, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| EDGAR, S.J. | EDGAR, Samuel John, Private, 7839, 15th Battalion / 4th Division Headquarters, enlisted 8 September 1917, Returned to Australia 12 July 1919. | |
| EYLES, R.S.G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| FARRELL, M. | FARRELL, Michael, Private, 3485, 26th Battalion, enlisted 30 August 1915, Killed in Action 29 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium. | |
| FENNELL, M. | FENNELL, Maurice, Gunner, 21472, 9th Field Artillery Brigade / 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 17 January 1916, Returned to Australia 22 September 1919. | |
| FITZ HANNAM, C.E. * | FITZ HANNAM, Charles Edgar, Trooper, 604, 5th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 10 November 1914, Killed in Action 27 August 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey. | |
| FOURRO, J.L. | FOURRO, James Llewellyn, Fitter, 1408, Railway Unit, Section 4 / 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, enlisted 9 January 1917, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. | |
| FUDGE, L.R. | FUDGE, Lewis Robert, Sergeant, 1107, 41st Battalion, enlisted 18 November 1915, Returned to Australia 10 March 1918. | |
| GEEVES, W.H. | GEEVES, William Henry, Private, 3765, 9th Battalion / 49th Battalion, enlisted 22 September 1915, Returned to Australia 21 July 1917. | |
| GRANT, J. * | GRANT, John, Lieutenant, 6775, 15th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Died of Wounds 23 May 1918, Trechincourt near Allonville, France. | |
| HAUGHTON, J. | HAUGHTON, John, Sergeant, Machine Gun Company 11 / 4th Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 1 March 1916, Returned to Australia 19 March 1918. | |
| HEALY, T. | HEALY, Thomas Joseph, Private, 58343, Queensland Reinforcement 7, enlisted 16 July 1918, Returned to Australia 1918? | |
| HUNTER, W. | HUNTER, William, Private, 4414, 1st Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 14 February 1917, Fate Unknown. | |
| KIPPEN, R. * | KIPPEN, Robert, Private, 458, 41st Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Killed in Action, 7 January 1917, Armentieres, France. | |
| LAKE, C.N. * | LAKE, Charles Norris, Private, 6304, 25th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Died of Wounds whilst a Prisoner of War, 9 February 1917, Cambrai, France. | |
| MARSH, B. | MARSH, Benjamin (M.M.), Private, 1940, 52nd Battalion / 41st Battalion, enlisted 3 January 1916, Effective Abroad. | |
| McGIFFIN, J. | McGIFFIN, James, Sergeant, 1819, Railway Unit, Section 5 / 16th Light Railway Operating Company, enlisted 19 March 1917, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. | |
| McGREGOR, N. * | MacGREGOR, Neil MacEwen, Private, 3514, 26th Battalion/2nd Australian Pioneers, enlisted 30 August 1915, Killed in Action, 14 November 1916, Pozieres, France. | |
| McNEALE, H. | McNEALE, James Frederick Harold, Private, 6070, 9th Battalion, enlisted 14 February 1916, Returned to Australia 4 May 1917. | |
| MILLWARD, R.R. | MILLWARD, Reginald Ronald, Lance Corporal, 1287, 42nd Battalion / 41st Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 10 May 1919. | |
| O'MEARA, E. | (Not positively identified) | |
| PHILLIPS, G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| PHILP, A.M. | PHILP, Alexander Michael, 2nd Corporal, 1369, Railway Unit, Section 4 / 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, enlisted 5 September 1916, Returned to Australia 11 May 1919. | |
| PROCOPIS, A.W. | PROCOPIS, Albert Walker, Private, 1781, 11th Light Horse Regiment / 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 6 December 1915, Returned to Australia 20 July 1919. | |
| RAE, A. | RAE, Allan Thomas, Sapper, 2648, January 1918 Reinforcements / 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, enlisted 8 September 1917, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. | |
| READ. E.F. * | READ, Eric Falconer (M.M., Croix de Guerre), Sergeant, 3532, 26th Battalion / 2nd Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 30 August 1915, Killed in Action, 5 October 1918, Montbrehain, France. |  |
| REILLY, J. | REILLY, John (D.C.M.), Corporal, 725, 41st Battalion / 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 11 November 1915, Returned to Australia 1 January 1918. | |
| ROGAN, W.V. | ROGAN, Walter Vivian, Private, 3384, 31st Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Returned to Australia 18 July 1918. | |
| ROOSE, L. | ROOSE, Leonard, 2nd Air Mechanic, 2751, Australian Flying Corps, 3rd Special Draft, enlisted 8 December 1917, Returned to Australia 6 May 1919. | |
| SARGENT, J.H. | SARGENT, James Henry, Corporal, 1878, Railway Unit, Section 5 / 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Returned to Australia 19 October 1918. | |
| SCHEPENSKI, V. | SCHEPENSKI, Victor, Sapper, 5412, September 1916 Reinforcements / 2nd Tunnelling Company, enlisted 17 January 1916, Returned to Australia 7 July 1919, Died 10 July 1958, Brisbane, Queensland. | |
| SMITH, G.A. | SMITH, George Alexander, Private, 1900, 41st Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Returned to Australia 9 February 1919. | |
| STACEY, H. | STACEY, Harry, Private, 5470, 12th Battalion / 1st Company Australian Army Service Corps, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 20 April 1919. | |
| STOTT, A. | STOTT, Albert Edward, Private, 18869, 14th Australian General Hospital, 1917 Egypt Reinforcements / 4th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 14 March 1917, Returned to Australia 20 July 1919. | |
| STRACHAN, J.B. | STRACHAN, John Blackie, Private, 17008, Army Medical Corps February 1917 Reinforcements / 15th Field Ambulance, enlisted 21 January 1916, Returned to Australia 1 January 1919. | |
| TAYLOR, R.J. | TAYLOR, Robert John, Private, 2511, 47th Battalion, enlisted 22 April 1916, Returned to Australia 20 December 1917. |  |
| THOMSON, A.S. | (Not positively identified) | |
| THORNTON, L. | THORNTON, Leonard, Corporal, 2370, 47th Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 21 February 1916, Returned to Australia 8 August 1919. | |
| WENTFORD, J.F.J. * | WENTFORD, Jack Frederick James, Trooper, 584, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 26 August 1914, Died of Wounds, 21 May 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey, buried in Egypt. |  |
| WHITE, T.J. * | WHITE, Thomas, Private, 2005, 52nd Battalion, enlisted 11 January 1916, Killed in Action 17 April 1918, France. | |
| WILSON, H. | (Not positively identified) |
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