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Revision as of 12:58, 31 October 2017
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 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.
Monument Details
W.ARMADALE- John Whittaker
- Victor Henry Marshall (Listed as H.V. Marshall)
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM
- John Hickson Tomlinson
- Henry George Price
- Charles William Price
- Frazer Paterson Henderson
- John Paterson Henderson
- Robert Landen Rayner
- Albert Thomas Ticklie MM
- Reginald Samuel Roquerbre Dutton
- Arthur Candish
- James Candish
- William Simpson
- Robert Prior Bailey
- William Augustus Povah
- William Harrington Edward Watson
- Clarence Victor Watson
- Alexander Donald
- Edward Price
- Claude Robert Marsh
- Leonard George Morgan
- Sidney Francis Till
- Frederick Robert Weedon (Listed as R. Weedon)
- Harold Hopgood Surman
- Thomas Ramsell
- Stephen Henry Horrocks
- Henry Joseph Milne
- Eric Oswald Strang
- Stanley Thomas Marsh
- Arthur Werndly
- Charles Edward Parkin
- Bertram Ernest Powell
- Arthur Charles Grafham
- William George Martin
- Cecil Walter Challis
- James Murray Whiteley
- Charles Henry Davis
- William Wright Casterton MM
- Frederick Owen Werndly
- George Mouatt Dow
- Herbert Winton Turner
- Frederick White
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.
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.