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Revision as of 13:02, 11 December 2023

WA State War Memorial.jpg
Monument Details
Name Western Australian State War Memorial
Location King's Park, Perth, Western Australia
Dedication Date 24 Nov 1929

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??

Men from the Armadale-Kelmscott local authority

World War 1 1914-1918

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11th Battalion

12th Battalion


16th Battalion

28th Battalion

32nd Battalion

33rd Battalion

44th Battalion


46th Battalion


51st Battalion

4th Field Engineers



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