Honour Board - United and Ancient Order of Druids, Lodge 379
Larrge jarrah Honour Roll featuring RAOD insignia within crenelated top. The names of Lodge members who served on presented on rows individual brass plates.
The United Ancient Order of Druids resulted from a split in 1833 of the Ancient Order of Druids when members decided to create a druidic order more open to different social classes, structured as a benefit society and registered by government. The UAOD proved to be a great success and many of its members travelling abroad creating new lodges including Australia in 1851. By 1910, the UAOD had lodges across Western Australia including: Karrakatta, Westralia, Guildford, Northam, Golden West, Hawthorn, Balladong, Geraldton, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Kanowna, Leederville, Victoria Park, West Perth, Coventry, Beaconsfield, Bridgetown, Boulder, Collie, Mafeking, North Fremantle, Midland Junction, Maylands, Worsley, Boorara, Sandstone, Cue, Mount Magnet, Golden Mile, Brown Hill, Mornington, Meekatharra, Foster, Hoffmans, Narrogin, Holyoake, Dandalup, Dwellingup, and Pinjarrah.
During World War One, the dues of members serving were paid so that they could continue benefits including payments for sickness or death resulting from war service. Trove is replete with records of the UAOD before the war and their wartime fundraising, welcome of returned soldiers and unveiling of Honour Boards. UAOD Honour Boards contained similar design elements, but sizes varied as illustrated by the examples on display in the Artillery Shed at the Army Museum.
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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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