ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)
From Our Contribution
ANZAC Memorial Park commemorates those from Byford who served in World War One.
Contents
History
ANZAC Memorial Park was established as part of The Glades residential development to commemorate men from the local area who died in WWI. The Serpentine-Jarrahdale RSL received grants from SITA and the "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
- Rupert Gregg
- Joseph Scott
- Frederick Ernest Capstick
- Hobart Turner
- Watkins MRF - WW2
- Elliott DJ - WW2
- Cornish R - WW2
- Robinson L - No match found to date
- Knox WH - No match found to date
- Sylvanus Benjamin Buckland
- Donald Gordon Melville Huggins
- Thomas William Kerry
- Boyle G - WW2
- Castle A - WW2
- Malarky F - WW2
- Walter Alfred King
- Bunney H - WW2
- Lennart Birger Wilander
- John Humphrey Coyle
- Bunney JD - WW2
- Rev.Pierre Wolfe Daimpre
- Samuel Arthur Vincent
- Herbert George Lewis
- Foster SG - WW2
- Frederick James Howard
- Thomas William Moore
- William Edwin Cousens MM
- Patrick (John) Curo - served during WW1 & 2
- Cunningham J - WW2
- Michael Dennis O'Rourke
- Edward Joseph King
- Craddon S - WW2
- Thatcher J - WW2
- James Arnold
- Blair J - WW2
- John Hall
- Unwin H - WW2
- Free AD - WW2
- Kelly J - No match found to date
- Maurice James Ronan
- Alexander Barnett
- Henderson JM - No match found to date
- Albert Victor Berry
- Ronald Daniel Wallace
- Walter Cattach
- Thomas Denteith
- Galvin A - No match found to date
- Mitchell - No match found to date
- William John Martin (1893)
- Whitehouse V - WW2
- Ernest (Roy) Sladden
- Bishop C - no match found to date
- Patrick Francis Brennan
- Bevis AJ - WW2
- Charles Frederick McKay
- Malarky T - WW2
- William Percival Nairn
- Smith SC - WW2
- Bevis B - WW2
- Buckland BN - WW2
- Alfred Ernest Andrews
- Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis
- Percy Fleming
- McFarlane CA - WW2
- Charles Rudolff Dumps
- Ray JP - WW2
- Charles Bird
- George Albert Alford
- John Feast
- John Wilfred Gargett
- Wills FD - WW2
- George Wistlecraft
- Robert Lang Herd
- Angus Dearden
- Victor Emanuel Durling
- Frank Ernest Cousens
- Claude Algernon Wright
- Richardson R - no match found to date
- Gordin GL - WW2
- David Andrew Allison
- Hobart Douglas Firns MID
- Alfred James Hansen MM
- Frederick John Chester
- Walker GM - WW2
- Gibson D - WW2
- Barrat R - WW2
- Thomas Kinsman Bickell
- Frank Halliday
- Coyle R - No match found to date
- Arthur Thomas Feast
- Stephen Hubert Christian (Hughie) Wallace
- Lightbody RM - WW2
- Whitehouse C - WW2
- Herbert Dunbar Cousens
- Thomas Henry Rice
- William Barge
- Albert Edgar Chuck
- Stracham J -- no match found to date - no one by this name enlisted in either WW1 or WW2
- Reginald Peter Lewis
- Smith GE _ WW2
- Anderson C - WW2
- Marchant F - WW2
- Hooten W - WW2
- James Barber
- William Edgar Rowe
- William Edward McKenna
- Wilfred Norman Robinson
- Gustaf Adolf Olson
- Ryhmer E - no match found to date
- Little JR - WW2
- James Edward Richardson
- Herbert Lewis Battams
- Mead V - WW2
- George Scrivener
- Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale
- Frederick William Vernon King
- Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty
- Lawrence ES - WW2
- Ernest Charles Thomas
- Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece
- John Edwin Ffoulkes DCM
- Peverett EJ - WW2
- Walter Stanley Fisher
- Bernard William Chatfield
- Ray JW - WW2
- Whitehouse TH - WW2
- Ernest Selkirk MID
- William Isaac Little
- Alfred George McDermott
- Leslie Huon Truman
- Nail S - WW2
- Alexander Dowle (Listed as Dowell A)
- Cunningham T - no match found to date
- Wallis R - no match found to date
- Lawson MR - no match found to date
- Edward (Ned) Gray
- Barratt SJ - WW2
- Frederick Selkirk
- Arthur Swindlehurst MM
- Robert Lightbody
- James Lawrence McKenna
- Cyril Augustest Tonkin
- William Moffat McLachlan MM
- Charles Henry Partridge
- William George Russell
- Hinsley L - WW2
- Day MW - WW2
- Egbert Robert Trethowan Reeves
- William Edward Reed
- Lingthorpe E - no match found to date
- Frederick Sidney Gladstone
- Wills HF - WW2
- Alexander - no match found to date
- John Donaldson Patterson
- [[Patrick O'Flaherty] (Listed as Flaherty P)
- William Renfrey Thomas
- Rhymer R - no match found to date
- James Strachan
- Patrick Joseph O'Brien
- Rubery HM - WW2
- Gibson W - no match found to date
- Roy Walden King
- Wallace H - no match found to date
- Herbert Clarence (Bert) Ronan
- Curo PJ - (Duplicate entry)
- William Carroll
- Reed I - WW2
- Leadbitter EJ - WW2
- Samuel Mellington Moore
- Herbert Ernest Baldwin
- Peters WV - WW2
- Patrick O'Connell McKenna
- James Edward Laughter
- Joseph Reginald Jones
- Alldridge AS - WW2
- William Hall
- Feast AL - WW2
- Milton G
- Alexander D - WW2
- Buckland HD - WW2
- Firns F
- Howe W
- Elliott WF
- Anderson E - WW2
- Boyd J - WW2
- Darby T
- York RD - WW2
- Chisholm D
- Kane L
- Peverett W - WW2
- Richardson L
- Craghill JF - WW2
- Thorpe J
- Lewis A
- Cumming DW - WW2
- Day DA - WW2
- Coyle C - WW2
- Lawrence AG - WW2
- Hutchinson J
- Rigby W
- Thomas A
- Buckland J
- Kershaw R - WW2
- Kirke J
- Bishop HJ - WW2
- Clements JT
- (Listed as Fisher S)
- - WW2 (Listed as Sommerfield R)
- Barge M - WW2
- Briggs FT - WW2
- See A
- Cyprian T - WW2
- Gossage G - WW2
- (Listed as Johansen J)
- Firns G
- O'Brien E
- Lindt A
- Golding G
- O'Neill H
- Martin G
- Martin L
- Holmes BA
- Anderson G
- Rodgers RR
- Dohnt H
- Nettleton TF
- Savage W
- Sleith D
- Sladden C
- Adamson A
- Craghill EH
- Coffen J
- Hanrahan E
- Willis J
- Turner A
- Clough J
- Peters EJ
- Brady LV
- Brady MD
- Gallant WAJ
- Abolin M
- Cole J
- Cornish RH
- Lawrence FC
- Dougall F
- Allanson A
- Rhodes J
- North J
- Curtis AC
- Kershaw J
- Mitchell A
- King GA
- Wills Wt
- Pierece F
- McNaughton WR
- Siford L
- Kitching T
- Gale WH
- Walton L
- Gregory B
- Buckland T
- Coyle F
- Richardson I
- Bevis AL
- Newman A
- Aldred HA
- Hutchinson C
- Foster JL
- Lawrence EJ
- O'Neil J
- Barratt ND
- Clarke A
- Cousens M
- Tattie S
- Watts T
- Bishop A
- Cunningham A
- Arnold R
- Gill J
- Malarky L
- Chisholm E
- Woodland W
- Feast W
- Crillin W
- McEvoy B
- Dodds F
- Bird T
- Woolandra L
- Cummings H
- Woodland C
- Harrison P
- Grundy F
- Kent A
- Mead W
- Cumming H
- Brockwell AL
- Cousens R Reuben Leeuwin Cousens
- Bishop F
- Craddon JH
- Gregory S
- Howell EG
- Sheehan T
- Seddon H
- Alldridge WJ
- Peters LC
- Wills WT
- Michel P
- Clements WF
- Cumming A
- Holmes CA
- Carter S
- French P
- Martin W
- Hart J
- Baldwin W
- Jolly JE
- Gregory E
- Granfell P