Ashford Honor Roll

Following the opening of the new Shire Office at Ashford, their four panel carved oak Honor Roll was unveiled by Mrs. George Phifer on 21 April 1917. At that time two panels recorded in gold lettering 130 names, including four sons from each of the Sutherland, Wells, Chisholm and Bryant families. It is one of the few Inverell District Honor Rolls to record the name of a World War 1 nurse - Staff Nurse Cecil Gordon. 

The Inverell Times newspaper Tuesday 24 April 1917 reported that after the unveiling afternoon tea was provided in a large marquee erected in the shire grounds.

Some volunteers recorded on this Honor Roll were residents from nearby places such as Bukkulla, Bonshaw, Yetman, Wallangra, Graman and Cherry Tree Hill. 

At a later date extra panels were added to record Women who served with the Australian Women's Army Service and World War II soldiers. 

Photo: contributed from private collection