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Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
Wooden board featuring three panels which include the names of 36 men who enlisted in the AIF during World War I. Initiated by Reverend John Muir in 1916 it originally listed 19 names and was placed in the Ultimo Presbyterian Church where it stayed until the church fell into…
TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Ultimo Campus
Campus established close to the industrial heartland of Ultimo and Pyrmont on the edge of the city in 1891. The purpose built facility was also the headquarters for the statewide technical education system until 1959.
Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
The roll of honour from the former Ultimo Presbyterian Church, now located in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists 36 men associated with the Ultimo community who served in the First Australian Imperial Forces in World War I. The board, instigated in 1916 shortly after the…
Mustard Seed Uniting Church Ultimo
The third Presbyterian church on the peninsula was built on a half-acre block bequeathed by John Harris. The Manse was added in 1888 and a church hall in 1902. In April 1960, the Dutch congregation of the Presbyterian Church took over the buildings but by the mid 1990s the…
Returned Soldiers on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
The Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, now housed in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists the names of 36 men who served in World War I. We can only be sure 22 came home but their stories reveal the hardships of war service, larrikin behaviour, heroism and injuries that…
The Fallen on the Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
The Ultimo Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, now housed in the Ultimo Community Centre, lists the names of 36 men. Four of those men died as a result of their war service and were lost to their families and friends - people who openly grieved their passing. Their grief is a…