Place Names Register Extract
Saunders Street
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| Name |
Saunders |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
24645 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
30 September 2014 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Muirhead |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named in commemoration of Walter Saunders, who was born in Darwin and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 at the age of 26. Walter Saunders served with the 8th Australian Field Ambulance and the 5th Mechanical Transport Company Australian Army Service Corps. Driver Walter Saunders was killed in action by a shell while driving an ambulance car between Fouilloy and Hamelet near Corbie on 4 May 1918. He was buried in the British Section of the communal Cemetery at Daours, Pas du Somme. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 30/09/2014 |
|
Date added to the Register |
| 15/10/2014 |
NTG G41 |
Date Gazetted |
| 08/07/2015 |
NTG G27 |
Extension - Date Gazetted |
| 18/07/2017 |
|
Alteration of road name alignment (Certified Plan S2017/032) |
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