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First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street)

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The Honour Board is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a commemorative memorial erected by an employer in honour of employees who saw active service during the First World War and of the elaborate memorial metalwork carried out by Sydney firm Wunderlich Ltd.
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The Honour Board is important in demonstrating the evolution of Queensland's history, being a reflection of a sentiment that saw its expression in the public chronicling of the names of all servicemen.
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The honour board is a large bronze panel framed by mouldings and relief ornamentation, with lettering covering the
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The Honour Board exhibits in the elaborate art metalwork an aesthetic quality valued by the community.
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Of the 331,946 Australians who embarked for overseas service, nearly 60,000 did not survive the
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The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
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honour board commemorating service of the bank's employees during the Second World War.
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First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street) (Australia)
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Location of First World War Honour Board, Queensland National Bank in Queensland
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on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the
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First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street)
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in commemoration of those employees who served during this War.
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Roll of Honour, Queensland National Bank, Brisbane, August 1920
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on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.
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First World War Honour Board, Queensland National Bank
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Heritage-listed war memorial in Brisbane, Queensland
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National Australia Bank
Queen Street
Brisbane City
City of Brisbane
Queensland
27°28′01″S 153°01′42″E / 27.467°S 153.0282°E / -27.467; 153.0282
Queensland Heritage Register
First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street) is located in Queensland
First World War Honour Board, National Australia Bank (308 Queen Street) is located in Australia
memorial
National Australia Bank, 308 Queen Street
Brisbane central business district
City of Brisbane
Queensland
Queensland Heritage Register
First World War
Queensland National Bank
Sydney
Wunderlich Ltd
National Australia Bank
George Edward Bunning
Wunderlich

pediment
frieze
Australian Commonwealth flag
Union Jack
bas relief
Light Horseman

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