Kelmscott War Memorial

Details

Location Rushton Park, Cnr. River Road & Orlando Street, Kelmscott, Armadale - Western Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Grey Granite Obelisk

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 29 May 1921 by His Excellency Sir Francis Newdegate, K.C.M.G. Governor of Western Australia
Inscription

Front Inscription
1914 Lest We Forget 1919
A Record Of Those From Kelmscott,
Roleystone & Karragullen, Who
Volunteered And Served In The Great
War For The Liberty Of The World
(Names)

This Memorial Was Unveiled By
His Excellency Sir Francis Newdegate, K.C.M.G.
Governor Of Western Australia
On 29th May,1921

(Lower Plaque)

This Stone Was Laid By
Major-General Talbot Hobbs
K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,V.D,
On 21st May, 1921

Left Side Inscription
[ Names ]

Back Inscription
Killed In Action 1939-45

[ Names ]

Plaque :

Australia Remembers
1945 - 1995

This Plaque
Is A Memorial To
The Men & Women Of Australia
Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice
During World War II

Lest We Forget

Plaque :

To Remember All Who Gave Service In These Conflicts

Korean War Indonesian Confrontation
1950 - 1953 1963 - 1966
Malayan Emergency Vietnam War
1950 -1960 1962 - 1973

Lest We Forget

Right Side Inscription
[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

MARTIN, William Clarence

Service number 1340
Sergeant
10th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born Dec 1890

SAVAGE, Lionel Newton

Service number 971
Private
44th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 28 Nov 1897

GLOVER, Charles Maul

Service number 659
Sergeant
51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born Aug 1886

WHEATLEY, Thomas William

Service number SX3953
Lieutenant
Born 31 Oct 1906

TILLY, Alfred Martin

Service number WX34350
Captain
Australian Intelligence Corps - Security Service
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 22 Apr 1896

SALTER, Robert Melville

Service number R394
Lance Corporal
44th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1886

BLAIN, Adair Macalister

Service number NX56669
Sergeant
Born 21 Nov 1894

MARTIN, Alice Maud

Service number N/A
Staff Nurse
1st Australian General Hospital
AIF WW1
Born 1888

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