Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

Details

Location Anzac Bluff, Fraser Avenue, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

THIS MEMORIAL PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH NAMES ADDED DAILY.

The heavy concrete foundations are supplemented by heavy brick walls which enclose an inner chamber or crypt. The walls surrounding the crypt are covered with The Roll of Honour; marble tablets which list under their units the names of more than 7,000 members of the services killed in action or as a result of World War One.

Glass cases enclose the colours of the 1st, and 2nd, 11th, 16th, 28th and 44th Infantry Battalions and of the 10th Light Horse Regiment. Bronze plaques on the outside wall of the crypt entrance list under Navy, Army, Airforce, Women’s Services and Merchant Navy, nearly 4000 Western Australians killed or who died from effects of World War Two.

Inside the crypt on a marble tablet are the names of Western Australians killed in Korea (1950-1953), Malaya (1950-1960), Borneo (1962-1966) and Vietnam (1962-1973). The Cenotaph was unveiled by the State Governor and committed to the care of the Western Australian Branch of the Returned and Services League.

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Built Designed by Sir Talbot Hobbs
Opened 24 November 1929
Inscription

Front Inscription
Erected by grateful citizens in remembrance of men of this State who at the call of duty gave their lives for freedom and humanity in the Great War

1914 - 1918

.. And in remembrance of the men and women of this State who gave their lives in subsequent conflicts.

Lest We Forget

Back Inscription
On These Bronze Tablets Are Recorded The Names Of The Servicemen And Women From Western Australia Killed In Action Or Who Died From The Effects Of War Service In The World War
1939 - 1945

[Names] Women`s Services [Names]

Condition

Good

Names

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MILLAR, John William

Captain
47th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 27 May 1895

FOSS, Ernest Cecil

Service number 5969
Corporal
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1884

BLYTHE, Drummond James

Service number 863
Driver
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892

KEOGH, Bernard

Service number 5126
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Dec 1882

MEDBURY, Leslie Harold

Service number 3270
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

MEHARRY, Charles Hawthorn Scott

Service number 1159
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 24 Feb 1889

MEEHAN, John Thomas

Service number 652A
Private
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

PLUNKETT, John

Service number 1127
Sapper
3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
AIF WW1
Born 1882

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