GATESHEAD Roll of HONOUR
The book was originally in the Gateshead Cenotaph along with a "light shining in perpetuity" now turned off, and the Roll of Honour Book has been moved to the Library for safekeeping.
Corporal Robert William BURN 3228
Born: Gateshead, England Enlisted: 2-8-1915, Adelaide, Sth. Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Clerk 48th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 27-10-1915 from Adelaide, Sth. Aust Killed in Action: 11-4-1917, France aged 29years Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Burn. Honoured Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 145 |
Private Albert HEWITSON 5122
Born: Gateshead on Tyne, Durham, England Enlisted: 3-1-1916, R.A.S. Ground, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Fireman 13th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 9-7-1917, Belgium aged 38years Son of Henry and Ann Hewitson. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 69 |
Private Frederick George HUDSON 1757
Born: Nhill, Lowanshire
Enlisted: 19-12-1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Mechanic
14th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 20-3-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action 8-8-1915, Gallipoli
Next of Kin: Mrs Jane Barnes, 55 Askew Rd., Gateshead on Tyne, Durham
Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 72
Born: Nhill, Lowanshire
Enlisted: 19-12-1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Mechanic
14th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 20-3-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action 8-8-1915, Gallipoli
Next of Kin: Mrs Jane Barnes, 55 Askew Rd., Gateshead on Tyne, Durham
Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 72
Private Peter KEMP 3301
Born: Newcastle on Tyne, England
Enlisted: 8-2-1917, Fremantle, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Bricklayer
44th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 29-6-1917 from Fremantle, W.A.
Killed in Action 4-7-1918, France aged 38years
Son of George & Helen Kemp, 84, Rawling Rd., Bensham, Gateshead,
Resting: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 138
Born: Newcastle on Tyne, England
Enlisted: 8-2-1917, Fremantle, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Bricklayer
44th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 29-6-1917 from Fremantle, W.A.
Killed in Action 4-7-1918, France aged 38years
Son of George & Helen Kemp, 84, Rawling Rd., Bensham, Gateshead,
Resting: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 138
Lance Corporal John Edward PATTERSON 738
Born: Gateshead, Durham, England Enlisted: 29-8-1914, Kensington, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Assisant Signal Fitter 4th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 20-10-1914 from Sydney, N.S.W. Killed in Action 4-10-1917, Belgium Son of Mrs Henrietta Armstrong. Husband of Mary Ann Preston Hunter Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 41 |
Private George Marshall PESCOD 3922
Born: Gateshead, Durham, England
Enlisted: 28-8-1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter
11th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 22-11-1915 from Fremantle, Western Australia
Died of Wounds 23-8-1916 aged 44years
Son of John James & Alice Jane Pescod
Husband of Rebecca Burn Prescod, Hillcroff, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead on Tyne
Resting: Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 63
Born: Gateshead, Durham, England
Enlisted: 28-8-1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter
11th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 22-11-1915 from Fremantle, Western Australia
Died of Wounds 23-8-1916 aged 44years
Son of John James & Alice Jane Pescod
Husband of Rebecca Burn Prescod, Hillcroff, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead on Tyne
Resting: Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 63