Mingenew War Memorial

Details

Location Mingenew Recreation Centre and Sports Ground, Entrance Drive, Mingenew, Western Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Large granite rock memorial on a four-tiered brick base

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 25 April 2002
Inscription

LEST WE FORGET

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
1914-1918 AND 1939-1945
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF MINGENEW
1973
Plaque relocated in April 2002.

(left Plaque)
"LEST WE FORGET"
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN OF TWO WORLD WARS
1914-1918
(Names)
1939 -1945
(Names)

(right plaque)

+IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE +
WHO SERVED IN THE CONFLICTS

KOREA 1950 -1953
MALAYA 1948 -1960
BORNEO 1963-1966
VIETNAM 1962-1973
"LEST WE FORGET"

THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, R & SL.,
MINGENEW SHIRE COUNCIL, MINGENEW COMMUNITY
YANDANOOKA CWA AND MINGENEW CWA
25 APRIL 2002

Back Inscription
Plaque :
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
HELPING THOSE
FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY
"LEST WE FORGET"

Plaque:
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
ALL THOSE WHO SERVED
AT HOME AND OVERSEAS
"LEST WE FORGET"

Condition

Good

Names

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HOLDER, Harry

Service number 7251
Private
16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born Jun 1885

DODD, Arthur Albert

Service number 124
Private
44th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

BROAD, Lewis John

Service number 5356
Corporal
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 2 Aug 1894

O'CONNOR, Thomas Patrick

Service number 4191
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Aug 1888

BECKETT, William Richard

Service number 5349
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

NEWTON, John Verdun

Service number 415270
Flight Lieutenant
No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 12 Apr 1916

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