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* [[Thomas Malarkey]]  - Listed as Malarky T
 
* [[Thomas Malarkey]]  - Listed as Malarky T
 
* [[William Percival Nairn]]  
 
* [[William Percival Nairn]]  
* Smith SC - [[no matching records]] - Smith SCC does no appear to have served.
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* [[Brian Bevis]]  
 
* [[Brian Bevis]]  
* Buckland BN  -  [[Hary Thomas Buckland - b. Mardella; Benjamin John, Jarrahdale]; Ernest, Serpentine] - not included in wiki
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* Buckland BN  -  [[Hary Thomas Buckland - b. Mardella; Benjamin John, Jarrahdale; Ernest, Serpentine]] - not included in wiki
 
* [[Alfred Ernest Andrews]]
 
* [[Alfred Ernest Andrews]]
 
* [[Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis]]
 
* [[Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis]]
 
* [[Percy Fleming]]
 
* [[Percy Fleming]]
* McFarlane CA  -  WW2 [[not yet matched to records]]
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* McFarlane CA  -  [[Charles Allan McFarlane - VDC]] timber worker - not included in wiki
 
* [[Charles Rudolff Dumps]]
 
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* [[Alfred James Hansen MM]]
 
* [[Frederick John Chester]]
 
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* [[Richard Barrett]]  - Listed as Barrat R
 
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* [[Ramsay MacDonald (Mack) Lightbody]]  
 
* [[Ramsay MacDonald (Mack) Lightbody]]  
* Whitehouse C -  [[not yet matched to records]]
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* Whitehouse C -  [[WX219 Charles Whitehouse ?]] - no obvious link to district
 
* [[Herbert Dunbar Cousens]]
 
* [[Herbert Dunbar Cousens]]
 
* [[Thomas Henry Rice]]
 
* [[Thomas Henry Rice]]
 
* † [[William Barge]]
 
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* [[Albert Edgar Chuck]]
 
* [[Albert Edgar Chuck]]
* Stracham J  [[not yet matched to records]] - no one by this Surname enlisted in either WW1 or WW2
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* Stracham J  [[WX31628 John Thomas Strachan ?]] - no obvious link to district
 
* † [[Reginald Peter Lewis]]
 
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* Smith GE - [[not yet matched to records]]
 
* Smith GE - [[not yet matched to records]]

Revision as of 14:33, 17 June 2024

ANZAC Memorial Park
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ANZAC Memorial Park
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Some of the names of soldiers on the ANZAC Memorial Park wall
Monument Details
Name ANZAC Memorial Park
Location ANZAC Crescent, The Glades, Byford, 6122
Dedication Date 18th April, 2015

ANZAC Memorial Park commemorates those from the current Serpentine - Jarrahdale district who served in World Wars I and II.

History

ANZAC Memorial Park was established as part of The Glades residential development to commemorate men from the local area who served during wartime. The Serpentine-Jarrahdale RSL received grants from SITA and the National "Saluting Their Service " Program.


Setting

The park includes a life-size bronze sculpture of a Light Horse soldier and horse, as well as low curved walls inscribed with the names of 321 soldiers from both World War I and World War II.


Monument Details

Front Inscription

ANZAC Memorial Park
This memorial was unveiled on the 18th April 2015 by the Western Australian State President of the Returned & Service League of Australia the Hon Graham Edwards, AM
We remember with thanksgiving those who made the supreme sacrifice for us in time of war
May the offering of lives have not been in vain.
Today we dedicate ourselves to the cause of justice, freedom and peace ; and for the wisdom and strength to build a better world.
Lest we forget

The names of those who served during both World War I and World War II are included, superimposed over bricks on a retaining wall, in no particular order.

Names from left to right

References