The Catani World War Two Honour Board was unveiled on July 13, 1947 (read about this here.) The Honour Board is housed in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall (read about this here.)
This is a list of all the men and women who are honoured on this Board. I am in the process of identifying them all, with their service number, so this is a work on in progress. Some of the identifications are a guess, based on a local place of birth or a connection to a local town such as Longwarry, Modella, Bunyip, Garfield, Bayles, Cora Lynn, Vervale, Iona, Heath Hill, Yannathan, Yallock, Caldermeade, Monomeith, Koo Wee Rup and, of course, Catani. There are seven women on the Honour board and they are listed under their maiden name, but their file at the National Archives of Australia is sometimes under their married name, so they are a bit trickier to find. Two men made the supreme sacrifice and did not return - Norman Neil McDonald and Stanley Stratton.
Alchin, Jean Mary (Meaker). VF397022. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Anderson, Athol David. V42467. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Bailey, Francis Allan. V64177. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Bonnett, Joseph William. VX50670. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Burnett, John Thomas. VX44163. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Corbin, Clarence William. VX127664. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Corbin, Florence May. VF387856. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Corbin, Leslie Raymond. RAAF 126139. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Exell, L. An uncommon surname, and there are eight L. Exells in the WW2 Nominal rolls, but I cannot find one with a local connection.
Fechner, B. The Fechners are a well known family in the area, but I cannot work out who this B. Fechner is who enlisted.
Fisher, Edward Bert. V506404. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Fisher, Ronald Ephraim. RAAF 42380. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Goddard, Bruce. VX140059. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Goddard, James Thomson. VX26064. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Goddard, Nancy. Corporal Nancy Toby (nee Goddard) was welcomed home in October 1945 (see below), but I still can't find her service record under either Goddard or Toby.
Harker, Mavis (Schreiber). VFX66210. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Hunnam, Frederick. VX35349. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Kitson, Brian Claude. VX123641. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Kitson, Harold Strachan. VX23324. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Kitson, Lionel James. V37714. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Kitson, Mavis Eliza (Patullo) RAAF 95499. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here. Mavis was married to John Leigh Patullo, see below.
Lennox, Keith. VX9720. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
McDonald, Hector Rodney. V81659. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here. Hector and his three brothers, also served in World War One. Norman, below, is his nephew; the son of his brother also called Norman. Read about the McDonald brothers here.
McDonald, Norman Neil. RAAF 409729. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here. Norman went missing in air operations over Germany and was presumed dead on May 22, 1944.
Matthews, Cyril James. VX116815. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Matthews, Lawrie William. VX140045. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Murnane, William Patrick. VX26110. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Myers, Raymond Douglas. VX87098. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Mynard, Herbert William. RAN W/2179. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Norton, Edward John. VX132243. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Norton, Hazel Agnes. RAAF 174212. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Norton, Jack. VX63940. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Norton, Noel Condah. VX150541. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
O’Neill, James Joseph. V69948. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Patullo, John Leigh. VX108565. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here. John was married to Mavis Kitson, see above.
Peck, Raymond Wallace. VX108571. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Pettit, Alfred Alexander. VX59101. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Porter, G. Kenneth, see below, had a younger brother Gordon, and I believe he is the man on the Honour Board, but I cannot identify a service record for him. They were the sons of Donald Alexander Porter and Evelyeen Myrtle 'Ivy' Porter of Iona.
Porter, Kenneth Tasman. VX126552. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Pumphrey, Andrew Baird. VX69284. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Pumphrey, Ivan Robert. VX41899. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Scanlan, Joseph Bernard. VX41879. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Shreeve, Elsie Blanche (Griffin). VF346647. See her Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Stratton, Stanley. VX48178. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here. Stanley was Killed in Action on October 24, 1942 and is buried at the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.
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Walsh, Michael Aubrey. VX142342. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
Weaven, William George. (listed as Weaver on Honour Board). RAAF 147581. See his Service record at the National Archives of Australia, here.
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