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Revision as of 20:04, 10 December 2023
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| Monument Details | |
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| Name | Western Australian State War Memorial |
| Location | King's Park, Perth, Western Australia |
| Dedication Date | 24 Nov 1929 |
Contents
History
Setting
Situated at the top of Kings Park and the Botanic Garden escarpment, the War Memorial overlooks the city of Perth with views of the Swan and Canning Rivers and the Darling Ranges.
Description
The area comprises of five main elements: the Cenotaph, Court of Contemplation, Flame of Remembrance, Pool of Reflection and ANZAC Bluff Commemorative Plaque. The Cenotaph is an 18 metre granite obelisk honours all Western Australians who gave their lives in the service of their country. The heavy concrete foundations are supplemented by heavy brick walls which enclose an inner crypt. The internal walls of the undercroft list the names of more than 7,000 members of the services killed in action or who died of wounds or illness in Wold War 1. The memorial is almost a replica of the Australian Imperial Force Memorials erected in France and Belgium.
Monument Details
The heavy concrete foundations are supplemented by heavy brick walls which enclose an inner chamber or crypt. The walls surrounding the crypt are covered with The Roll of Honour; marble tablets which list under their units the names of more than 7,000 members of the services killed in action or as a result of World War One.
Bronze plaques on the outside wall of the crypt entrance list under Navy, Army, Airforce, Women’s Services and Merchant Navy, nearly 4000 Western Australians killed or who died from effects of World War Two.
Inside the crypt on a marble tablet are the names of Western Australians killed in Korea (1950-1953), Malaya (1950-1960), Borneo (1962-1966) and Vietnam (1962-1973). Iraq and Afghanistan??
Armadale local authority Names
World War 1 1914-1918
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- † Robert Prior Bailey
- † Gilbert Henry Balinswella
- † William Barge
- † Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham
- † Henry Bolton
- † Frederick Douglas Atlee Bowra
- † Leonard Butcher
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- † William Archer Waller
- † Albert Edward John Walls
- † Charles Alexander Wann
- † Arthur Werndly
- † John Whittaker
- † James Winning
World War 2 1939-45
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- † Alan Wesley Hain
- † Robert Hassett
- † Michael Courthope Haynes
- † Claude Dominic Hemy
- † Peter Hill
- † Edgar Joseph Howard
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- † John Hector Russell MacDonald
- † Francis James Marchant
- † Maxwell Wellman Marsh
- † Andrew McKenzie
- † Wallace Nelson McLauchlan
- † Vernon Harold Minchin
- † Frank Keith Morcombe DFC
- † William James (Jim) Morcombe
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- † Herman Fred Sass
- † David John Sexty
- † Bernard Sydney Smailes
- † Eric Stanley Southern
- † Robert Summerfield
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