Golden Point State School Roll of Honor

Golden Point State School Honour Board

The Roll of Honor at the Golden Point State School was made by Tunbridge and Sons Pty. Ltd and features beautiful Art Nouveau carved design.

Unveiling the Honor Board

Overlooking one of the most historical parts of Ballarat - the spot where gold was first discovered in Ballarat and the famous golden gutter that enriched the country by many thousand's of pounds sterling, and whence the Point derived its name — the Golden Point State school, or those old boys who learned lessons of patriotism within its walls, had a hand in the most historical war of all times; and on Saturday a ceremony took place in the school-ground which, in partial measure, served to enable tribute to be paid to those soldier patriots. Upon an improvised rotunda in the school ground an honor board — one of the handsomest yet seen in Ballarat — was raised, and from the same platform several in Interesting short speeches were delivered by public men. The honor board, which contains the names of 220 old boys, was manufactured by Tunbridge and Sons Pty. Ltd. It was made of blackwood panels, with fiddle back framing, and bears the words Point State School Roll of Honor at the top, and "Service and Sacrifice’’ at the bottom. The legend “Lest we forget” stands out in bold relief in association with an artistically carved laurel wreath. The war period — 1914-19 — is also indicated, by figures, and the names of the fallen are given the place of honor on a central panel, The names are all impressed in golden letters. The board’s dimensions are 10 ft by 71/2 ft. ...

... the late Captain J. W. Pearce, M.C. who had performed so bravely in going into the stokehold of the transport Southland when she was torpedoed and stoking the vessel until she had reached a safe beach. Later he met Captain Pearce at Pozieres and at Armentieres when he lost his life doing his duty nobly. He also knew Lieut. W. Dunstan, V.C., who won his decorattion at Lone Pine where a battalion of only 500 men were placed in the trenches to hold the position against an enemy batallion of 3000. Lieut. Dunstan was one of 10 men who were directed to hold a trench. The enemy kept up a fierce attack throughout one night and part ot the next day, and three times Lieut! Dunstan’s barricade was blown away, but he held on to his post, and the enemy was prevented from advancing.

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An honor board, containing over 200 names of former pupils who had enlisted during the war, was unveiled at Golden Point State school, Ballarat East, on Satur day by Brigadier-General Elliott, in the presence of a large gathering. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baird) and Mr. R. M'Gregor, M.L.A., were in attendance.

Gallipoli veteran Charles W. Frost was a teaching assistant at the Golden Point State School in 1920.

Those Honoured

A L. Amor - T. Amor - F. Anderson B T. Bastin - C. Billingham - W.A. Black - R. Booth - C. Bowden - L. Brown - W. L. Brown - C. Buchanan - G.H. Burridge C E. Cadd - A.V. Chan - E.A.B. Clugston - H.N. Clugston - H. Cockburn - Leslie Coward - G. Crees - R. Crees D C.A. Davis - D.H. Davis - F. Davis - J.N. Davis - W.S. Francis - A. Dixon - J. Dunstan (2) - S. Dunstan - William Dunstan (1895-1957) E F. Ebbs - E. Ebsworthy - W. England - T. Eustace F J. Flanagan - W.S. Francis - H. Furlong G F. Galvin - J. Gear - A. Geddes - H. Gent H E. Hawkins - H. Hollioake - P. Hollioake - Albert H. Hon - W. Hormam - J. Humphreys - W. Humphreys - S. Hustwaite - J. Hutchinson I Name 1 - Name 2 J W.H. Johnston - Name 2 K J. Kiely - W.J. Kisler - Name 2 L C. Ladner - E. Laverick - S. Lee (2) - J. Lepp - N. Lepp - V. Lepp M T. Maloney - J. Marshall - J. Marti (1) - P. Martin - D. McKenzie - W. Messer - E. Mitchell (2) - J. Muller - N.G. Muller N N.W. Nice - Name 2 O Name - Name 2 P J. W. Pearce - B. Pring Q Name 1 - Name 2 R F. E. Ratcliffe - A. E. Reece - E.H. Reid - R.W. Reid - L. Reiffel - W. Robertson (1) - A. Rogers - J. Rowe S F. Schmidt - G.F. Schmidt - R. Sharp (1) - A. Shorten - E. Sing - A. Sneddon - G. Snedden - L. Sneddon T G. Thomas - F. Thompson - Hedley Tong-Way - S.J. Tong-Way - M. Tregurtha - S.J Tregurtha U Name 1 - Name 2 V Name 1 - Name 2 W B. Wade - C. Wade - J. Webb - W.H. Webb - G. Welsh - L. Welsh - T. Welsh - H. Westlau - B. Williams - J. Williams - D. Woods Y G.F. Yates - H.S. Yates - S.E. Yates - A. Young (2) - Name 2 Z Name 1 - Name 2 Also See Harold E. Elliott AKA Pompey Elliott Charles W. Frost Tunbridge's Furniture Factory World War One References --Clare K.Gervasoni 20:19, 27 July 2017 (AEST)