Wyalkatchem War Memorial

Details

Location Pioneer Park, Honour Avenue, Wyalkatchem, Western Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Grey Granite Obelisk with brass plates

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 25 April 1988
Inscription

WORLD WAR I
(Names)

WORLD WAR II
(Names)

This memorial is dedicated by the community of Wyalkatchem to the memory of all Australian servicemen and servicewomen and their allies who paid the supreme sacrifice in the service of their nation. Lest We Forget.

This memorial was erected as a Bicentennial project and unveiled by Mr F Begley Honorary Freeman of the Shire of Wyalkatchem on the 25th April 1988. A time capsule was placed beneath this plaque on 2nd December 1988 by the Shire of Wyalkatchem, Wyalkatchem RSL and the Community, which is to be opened on 2nd December 2038.

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

MCGREGOR, Ernest

Service number 5407
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

ANDERSON, Joseph Herbert

Service number 3705
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Sep 1889

ANDERSON, Leslie

Service number 4008
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Jun 1892

DE PIERRES, Raymond Baudoin

Service number 415861
Pilot Officer
No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 30 Aug 1921

THROSSELL, Frank Eric

Service number 64
Lieutenant
10th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 1 Sep 1881

BELL, George

Service number 275
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Nov 1887

PARSONS, Leslie Alfred

Service number 1168
Sergeant
51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born 1 Jun 1889

COOKE, Leonard Charles

Service number 882
Lieutenant
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1890

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