Wickepin District Roll of Honor

Details

Location Wickepin Shire Hall, Johnston Street, Wickepin, Western Australia, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

Wooden Honour Board with brass name plates

The Wickepin District Roll of Honour was unveiled on ANZAC Day 1918 by Master Mervyn Cooke and Ivy Fisher. Mervyn's father Lieutenant Cooke was killed at the Gallipoli landing while Ivy's only brother was a prisoner of war in Germany. The roll contained the names of 238 of whom 20 per cent made the supreme sacrifice. The roll was incomplete at the time of the unveiling. The honour board of polished jarrah was crafted by Messrs, Bunning Brothers of Perth.
The West Australian (Perth), 14th May 1918.

The original wooden WW1 Memorial is located inside the Wickepin Town Hall and only accessible by obtaining a key from the Shire of Wickepin. This Memorial was unveiled in April 1918 and it is therefore incomplete and also has a lot of mistakes on it, such as spelling and KIA markers in the wrong places.

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Built Bunning Brothers (Perth, WA)
Opened 25 April 1918 by Master Mervyn Cooke and Ivy Fisher. Mervyn's father Lieutenant Cooke was killed at the Gallipoli landing while Ivy's only brother was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Inscription

WICKEPIN DISTRICT
THE
GREAT
WAR
FOR KING HONE AND EMPIRE

1914 ROLL OF HONOR 1918

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

FEATONBY, George James

Service number 2368
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1879

ARCHIBALD, Matthew

Service number 2636
Private
16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1

SARGANT, Harold Marcus

Service number 2655
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 May 1897

BEST, Frederick Albert

Service number 4022
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Jun 1882

ROBINSON, Herbert Henry Walton

Service number 2552
Sergeant
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1894

FACEY, Albert Barnett

Service number 1536
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Aug 1894

BLIGHT, Benjamin

Service number 3044
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1889

MESSENGER, John Thomas

Service number 1756
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1887

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