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12-February-2017
Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland
The plaque commemorates Major Arthur Justin Sandford Hutchinson, a former prefect of the school who was killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles in 1916 during World War One.
Location
Address: | 36 Button Street, Launceston Church Grammar School , Mowbray, 7248 |
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State: | TAS |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.407914 Long: 147.127834 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Military |
Actual Event Start Date: | 19-July-1916 |
Actual Event End Date: | 19-July-1916 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 11th November, 2016 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAMajor Arthur Justin Sandford Hutchinson (Justin)
b. 24th August 1894 d. 19th July 1916
Killed in action at the Battle of Fromelles
A Gallant leader aged 21 years
A prefect and one of the most promising senior boys (class of 1911)
We honour his life
and remember his sacrfice, on this day and evermore
From the Prefects, 11th November 2016
`As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain`.
Robert Laurence Binyon, 'For the Fallen`
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