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Location	Queens & Clifton Crescents, Mount Lawley, Vincent - Western Australia, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	The Mount Lawley War Memorial is an example of a war memorial in the Inter-War Art Deco style, to commemorate the local men who died during WW1, but now includes World War Two, Malaya, Korea, Borneo and Vietnam. The memorial was constructed from carved dressed Donnybrook stone surmounted by a celtic cross and is painted annually in the lead-up to ANZAC Day The Work of constructing the monument was in the hands of two returned soldiers Messrs Wales & Gillies, (Harry WALES 7179 & Lawrence BILLIES 7159). They were responsible for the construction of the monuments at West Guidlford (1920), Bayswater (1922) Mt. Lawley (1924) and Claremont (1922). Harry Wales and Lawrence Gillies served in the 13th Company of Engineers and the Gillies family were stonemasons so on return from the war, the two set up business together. Read more...
Built	Messrs. Wales & Gillies
Opened	30 November 1924 by Governor of Western Australia, Sir William Campion
Inscription	In grateful memory of those who gave their lives for our freedom The First World War 1914 - 1918 The Second World War 1939 - 1945 Malaya - 1948 - 1960 Korea - 1950 - 1953 Borneo - 1962 - 1966 Vietnam - 1962 - 1972 Back Inscription In grateful memory of the men of Mt lawley and Inglewood who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918 Our glorious dead [ Names ]
Condition	Good