Historical information

This board was originally held in the Ellam School, north of Jeparit, and transferred to the Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum most likely in the early 1970s.

Significance

Highly significant to the Ellam community post World War 1.

Physical description

Wooden World War 1 Honour Board housed in the Detpa School Museum, Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum,

Inscriptions & markings

Jeparit. Inscription in gold lettering reads "Volunteers from this school and district who servied in The Great War' along with 42 names of enlistees including 12 who were killed. Small depictions of eucalyptus leaves and gum nuts or wattle blossom.