Gosnells War Memorial
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| Monument Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gosnells War Memorial |
| Location | Albany Highway Gosnells, north east side of the Albany Highway bridge over the Canning River. |
| Dedication Date | 6th Nov 1921 |
Contents
History
Setting
Set on a raised mound in the parkland between the City of Gosnells Administration Centre and the northeast bank of the Canning River at Gosnells.
Description
A polished marble obelisk with names of WW1 deaths on three sides, with WW2 names (22) and Post WW2 names on brass plaques attached to the base on two sides. The design and materials are similar to the Kelmscott Memorial built at the same time.
Monument Details
North Side
This Monument
is erected to perpetuate the
memory of the soldiers from the
Gosnells Road Board District
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War 1914 - 1919
and whose names appear hereon.
This memorial was unvailed by
His Excellency Sir Francis Newdegate, K.C.M.G.,
Governor of Western Australia on 6th Nov 1921.
The Foundation Stone of this Memorial was laid by
the Hon. W.J. George, C.M.G., M.L.A on 24th April 1921.
East Side
- Jim Anderson Best match
- Frank Ball
- Walter Bell Blair Listed as Blair W
- Sydney Fenner Blencowe Listed as Blencow S
- David Edward Bromley Listed as Bromley D
- John McLeod Brown Listed as Brown J
- Leonard Frederick Bysh Listed as Bush L
- Henry Joseph Carroll
- Oswald Chorlton
- Ernest Rulle Dalziell Listed as Dalziel E
- Walter Edward Dalziell Listed as Dalziel W
- Albert Ernest Elkington
- Alexander Keith Hedger
- Fritz Robert Jaentsch Listed as Jaentsch R
- Basil Kelley Listed as Kelly B
- Arthur George Kettley
- † Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC Listed as Lang EW
- † Charles Leonard Lockhart Listed as Lockhart C
- † Ernest Edward Lockhart Listed as Lockhart E
- † Ernest James Mead Listed as Mead E
- † Cecil Herbert McKeown Listed as McKeown C
- † Edward Mordan Neale Listed as Neale E
- † Ernest Clifford Noyce
- † Alfred Parker
- † Hector Louis Polain
- † William Edward Reed Listed as Reed W
- † Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM Listed as Renou L
- † David Alexander Sayer Listed as Sayer D
- † George Scrivener
- † Henry Seddon
- † Frank Leslie Sexton
- † Roland Parker Shelley
- † Herbert Charles Smith Listed as Smith H
- † Albert Squire Listed as Squires A E
- † William Lionel Stalker Listed as Stalker H
- † Hubert Harris Thorp Listed as Thorpe H H
- † Samuel Simpson Thompson
- † Arthur John Verrall Listed as Verrall A
- † Richard John Williams Listed as Williams J
