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− | *[[Thomas Woodard]] * (''Did not leave Australia'') | + | ! '''1990 Panel''' |
− | + | ! '''2019 Panel''' | |
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− | + | |[[Leslie James Godfrey]] (''Listed as L Godfrey'') | |
− | *[[James Clarence Taylor]] | + | |[[Leslie James Godfrey]] (''Listed as L Godfrey'') |
− | + | ||[[Leith John Newton Angelo]] | |
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− | + | |[[Hector Lionel Saw]] | |
− | + | |[[Hector Lionel Saw]] | |
− | + | |[[George Henry Aspinall]] | |
− | *[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] | + | |- |
− | *[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]] * | + | |[[Leith John Newton Angelo]] (''Listed as J. Angelo'') |
− | + | |[[Leith John Newton Angelo]] (''Listed as J. Angelo'') | |
− | *[[Frederick James Powell]] * | + | |[[Edward Bailey]] |
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− | + | |[[Thomas Woodard]] * (''Did not leave Australia'') | |
− | + | |[[Thomas Woodard]] * (''Did not leave Australia'') | |
− | + | |[[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]] | |
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− | *[[Henry Bolton]] * | + | |[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] |
− | + | |[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] | |
− | + | |[[Richard Beattie]] | |
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− | + | |[[Henry Herman Powell]] | |
− | + | |[[Henry Herman Powell]] | |
− | *[[Vernon Claude Witney]] (''Listed as V Whitney'') | + | |[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] |
− | *[[George Henry Aspinall]] | + | |- |
− | + | |[[Thomas Frederick McDonough]] (''Listed as T McDonough'') | |
− | + | |[[Thomas Frederick McDonough]] (''Listed as T McDonough'') | |
− | + | |[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]] * | |
− | *[[Edward Stanley James]] | + | |- |
− | + | |[[James Clarence Taylor]] | |
− | + | |[[James Clarence Taylor]] | |
+ | |[[William Bingham]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Edward Bailey]] | ||
+ | |[[Edward Bailey]] | ||
+ | |[[Charles Blunt]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[William Francis Cohn]] (''Listed as W. Cohue'') | ||
+ | |[[William Francis Cohn]] (''Listed as W. Cohue'') | ||
+ | |[[Henry Bolton]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] (''Listed as J Farnell'') | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] (''Listed as J Farnell'') | ||
+ | |[[Harry Douglas Butcher]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] (''Listed as K Sloan'') | ||
+ | |[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] (''Listed as K Sloan'') | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Charles Close]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[William Arthur Green]] (''Listed as A. Green'') | ||
+ | |[[William Arthur Green]] (''Listed as A. Green'') | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Lawrence Close]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] | ||
+ | |[[William Francis Cohn]] # | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]] * | ||
+ | |[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]] * | ||
+ | |[[James Henry Davidson]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[William Thomas Saw]] | ||
+ | |[[William Thomas Saw]] | ||
+ | |[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Frederick James Powell]] * | ||
+ | |[[Frederick James Powell]] * | ||
+ | |[[Reginald William Edwards]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Richard Beattie]] (''Listed as R. Beatty'') | ||
+ | |[[Richard Beattie]] (''Listed as R. Beatty'') | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Hartland Wheare Richards]] (''Listed as H Richards'') | ||
+ | |[[Hartland Wheare Richards]] (''Listed as H Richards'') | ||
+ | |[[Charles Fielder]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Francis William Wakeham]] | ||
+ | |[[Francis William Wakeham]] | ||
+ | |[[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Charles Fielder]] | ||
+ | |[[Charles Fielder]] | ||
+ | |[[Leslie James Godfrey]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] (''Listed as W Kerridge'') | ||
+ | |[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] (''Listed as W Kerridge'') | ||
+ | |[[William Arthur Green]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Henry Bolton]] * | ||
+ | |[[Henry Bolton]] * | ||
+ | |[[Edward Stanley James]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Joseph William Smith]] (''Listed as Jos Smith'') | ||
+ | |[[Joseph William Smith]] (''Listed as Jos Smith'') | ||
+ | |[[Victor George James]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Charles John Mitchell]] | ||
+ | |[[Charles John Mitchell]] | ||
+ | |[[Herbert Stanley (Bert) Jones]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Victor George James]] | ||
+ | |[[Victor George James]] | ||
+ | |[[Victor Henry Jones]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Ellis Shackleton]] | ||
+ | |[[Ellis Shackleton]] | ||
+ | |[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Cecil Dale Cullen]] (''Listed as A Dale-Cullen. Did not leave Australia'') | ||
+ | |[[Arthur Cecil Dale Cullen]] (''Listed as A Dale-Cullen. Did not leave Australia'') | ||
+ | |[[Charles Leonard Lockhart]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Vernon Claude Witney]] (''Listed as V Whitney'') | ||
+ | |[[Vernon Claude Witney]] (''Listed as V Whitney'') | ||
+ | |[[Thomas Frederick McDonough]] (''Listed as T.J. McDonough'') * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[George Henry Aspinall]] | ||
+ | |[[George Henry Aspinall]] | ||
+ | |[[Thomas McGow]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[William Bingham]] | ||
+ | |[[William Bingham]] | ||
+ | |[[Charles John Mitchell]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Charles Close]] | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Charles Close]] | ||
+ | |[[Alfred Tennyson Needham]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Harry Douglas Butcher]] (''Listed as H Butcher'') | ||
+ | |[[Harry Douglas Butcher]] (''Listed as H Butcher'') | ||
+ | |[[Frederick James Powell]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Edward Stanley James]] | ||
+ | |[[Edward Stanley James]] | ||
+ | |[[Henry Herman Powell]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Watson]] | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Watson]] | ||
+ | |[[Isaac Robert Powell]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Ralph Chevin Kitley]] (''Listed as R Kitley. Did not leave Australia'') | ||
+ | |[[Ralph Chevin Kitley]] (''Listed as R Kitley. Did not leave Australia'') | ||
+ | |[[Frederick Rawlinson]] # | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Hartland Wheare Richards]] # | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Hector Lionel Saw]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[William Thomas Saw]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Ellis Shackleton]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Joseph William Smith]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[John Alexander Spilsbury]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[James Clarence Taylor]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Francis William Wakeham]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Charles Alexander Wann]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Daniel Malcolm Wann]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Joseph Watson]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Sydney Charles Welch]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Vernon Claude Witney]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Thomas Woodard]] * | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Grace Lauritta Lauritz]] - Nursing Sister | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]] - Nursing Sister | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |[[Edith Marion Wilson]] - Nursing Sister | ||
+ | |} | ||
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[[File:Opening of Armadale War Memorial.jpeg|thumb|400px|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/24459627/335042,2 Opening of the Obelisk July 18th, 1917]]] | [[File:Opening of Armadale War Memorial.jpeg|thumb|400px|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/24459627/335042,2 Opening of the Obelisk July 18th, 1917]]] | ||
− | + | ===Bedfordale Panel=== | |
*[[Robert Melville Salter]] * (''Listed as R Salter'') | *[[Robert Melville Salter]] * (''Listed as R Salter'') | ||
*[[John Harold Rupert Smith]] | *[[John Harold Rupert Smith]] |
Revision as of 14:09, 13 June 2019
Armadale War Memorial, the obelisk with original marble plaques with flowers and wreaths laid at the base. | |
Monument Details | |
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Name | Armadale War Memorial |
Location | Jull Street & Orchard Avenue, Armadale Memorial Park , Armadale, 6112 |
Dedication Date | Saturday 16th December, 1916 |
Armadale War Memorial commemorates those from Armadale who served in World War One. In May 1959 it was moved to Memorial Park and updated to include the World War Two and Korean conflicts.[1]
Contents
History
City of Armadale war memorial, one of the earliest built in Western Australia to honour soldiers who fought in World War One. Located in what is now Memorial Park, the concept of a brick obelisk was proposed by a group of Armadale residents, businesses and community groups who formed a Roll of Honour Committee in April 1916.[2]
The people of Armadale, not content to commemorate their soldier heroes by way of the customary honour board, conceived the idea of an obelisk, to be erected in the most prominent position in their township. The site is on the high ground facing the railway station so that the memorial will command the attention alike of visitors to the district and travellers passing through by train.[3]
The decision to erect a monument before the war had officially ceased (November 1918) was reportedly due to local concerns that Armadale soldiers departing for the war prior to 1916 were not given an official send-off. The committee approached the Road Board in June 1916 for permission to build the obelisk opposite the railway station at the intersection of Fourth Road and Eleventh Avenue. The Board supported the proposal and agreed to take responsibility for the memorial once it was built. Marian Cullen, wife of Committee Secretary Herbert Dale Cullen, laid the first brick, before a brick was laid by a child from each of the five schools of the district. Mrs Cullen was presented with a “handsome” trowel as a memento of the occasion. This trowel now sits on display in the History House Museum.
It took four months to build the obelisk, constructed from brick, “burnt from the clay of our own hills” (Carter, 2011, p.160) and steps of granite hewn from the Boya quarries. It was officially unveiled on 16 December 1916 by Governor Sir Harry Barron, and the obelisk continued to serve as a source of pride for Armadale residents.
William James George MLA, who had lost his 20-year-old son in the Gallipoli campaign, was present at the unveiling and said:
The people of Armadale were beginning to think of their men not merely as so many units across the seas, but as persons belonging to them and fighting their battles.
Setting
The obelisk was originally erected at the intersection of Fourth Road and Eleventh Avenue near the Armadale Railway Station footbridge. The site was a corner of land gifted by Mrs F. Saw. By the mid-1930s the RSL was suggesting the obelisk could be moved to a site at Soldiers' Memorial Park on Jull Street, however this suggestion was not acted upon, even after further pleas in 1946 and 1953.
Eventually in 1956 Road Board members resolved that the relocation was an urgent matter, requiring action before ANZAC Day that year, yet it was not until 1959 that it was finally moved to Soldiers' Memorial Park by RSL volunteers and supporters.
In October 2011 a number of upgrades were carried out to the obelisk's immediate surroundings as part of a wider revamp of Soldiers' Memorial Park. The upgrades included replacement of the low stone wall (with plaques mounted into the surface of the new wall), a circular walkway of textured concrete and paving inlaid with custom commemorative inserts, plus new wooden benches for visitors.
Notes
At least one earlier, albeit smaller, memorial had been dedicated on 20 Sep 1916 at Muradup, a small community near Kojanup.
Monument Details
Front Inscription
1914 1919
Lest We Forget
A record of The Men From Armadale and District Who Volunteered And Served In The Great War For The Liberty Of The World.
The First Brick Of This Obelisk Was Laid By Mrs H Dale Cullen 12th Aug.1916.
Unveiled By The Governor Sir Harry Barron K.C.M.G 16th Dec 1916.
Key * Died on active service # Prisoner of war
West Armadale Panel
Armadale Panel
Bedfordale Panel
- Robert Melville Salter * (Listed as R Salter)
- John Harold Rupert Smith
- Edgar Leslie Livermore
- James Winning *
- Douglas Campbell Wills Winning (Listed as D Winning)
- Stanley Joseph Callow Champion * (Listed as S Champion) *
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID
- Frank William Dowell (Listed as F.J. Dowell) *
- Albert John Egan MID
- Francis Henry Ryniker (Listed as F Ryniker)
- Frank Erle Waters
- Clarence Roy Champion (Listed as R Champion)
- Thomas Brown Mack (Listed as T Mack)
- Victor Norman Chandler MM
- Arthur William Symonds (Listed as A.Simons)
- William Dobson Stevens
- Hugh Gibson Winning (Listed as H Winning)
- Thomas William Dowell * (Listed as T Dowell) *
- Ralph Trotter
- John Macarthur Livingston
- Charles Henry Robinson
- Norman Leslie Skewes
- John Alexander Trotter * (Listed as J Trotter) *
- Thomas Hughie Culbertson (Listed as T. Cuthbertson)
- Albert Nock
- Ernest William Serls * (Listed as E Serls) *
- Edward Dudley Mann
- Ernest Taylor
- Henry (Harry) Butcher
- Beverley Loxton Bennett *
- Oliver John Dowell
Beenup Panel
- John Wesley Gladstone Turner (Listed as Jno W.G. Turner) *
- John James Emery * (Listed as J Emery)
- George Young
- John Blake
- Arthur Thomas Orton MM
- Richard William Thomas Boyle (Listed as R W G Boyle) Royal Australian Navy
- Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle (Listed as P. Boyle)
- William John Martin (1278) (Listed as W Martin)
- Alfred Arthur Martin (Listed as A Martin)
- William Archer Waller * (Listed as W.D. Waller) *
- John Edward Thomson (Listed as J.E. Thompson)
- Richard Evans MM
- Thomas Bird
- James Kershaw
- Victor Leo Gordon Boyle (Listed as V Boyle)
- Henry McCavana (Listed as H. McCavanah)
- Henry Richard Keefe (Listed as R O'Keefe)
- Ralph Trotter
- John Alexander Trotter *
- Patrick Francis Fitzgerald (Listed as P Fitzgerald)
- Herbert William Coxhead
- Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett
- Thomas Hesketh
- George Alexander Armstrong (Listed as G Armstrong)
- Claude Eustace Herbert Evans (Listed as CHC Evans - CHC Evens on Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour))
- John Hobbs
- David Forbes Abernethy (Listed as D Abernethy)
- George Edward Binns
- William Percival Nairn
- William Stephens
- Edward Armstrong
- Bertie Greenfield (Listed as T. Greenshilds)
- Frederick Hobbs
- William Barge
- Albert George Bullock (Listed as H Bullock)
- William Henry Ottey (Listed as W. Otty)
- George Charles Unwin
Those who died on service were marked with an asterisk
World War II
Deaths only listed
- AM Aitken
- Stanley Gordon Curtis (2ndAIF)
- EG Devereaux
- TD Ellis
- PS Hill
- MC Haynes
- TC Johnson
- Edward Johnathon (Ted) Leadbitter (2ndAIF)
- Victor Charles Lowe (2ndAIF)
- Wallace Nelson McLauchlan (2ndAIF)
- John Hector Russell MacDonald (2ndAIF)
- Francis James Marchant (2ndAIF)
- Frank Keith Morcombe DFC (RAAF)
- J North
- JL Powell
- Herbert Michael (Bert) Rubery (2ndAIF)
- David John Sexty (2ndAIF)
- James Pryor Thatcher (2ndAIF)
- David Robert Gerald Watts (2ndAIF)
- E Watling
- R Wallis
References
- ↑ "Armadale War Memorial". Monument Australia. 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ↑ Carter, Jennie; Carter, Bevan (2011). Settlement to City: A history of the Armadale district and its people. Armadale, W.A.: City of Armadale. p. 159-162. ISBN 978-0-9594944-1-9.
- ↑ "ARMADALE HEROES.". The West Australian. XXXII, (4,483). Western Australia. 14 August 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 31 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.