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'''West Armadale Panel''' [[File:Laying of foundation stone at Armadale War Memorial.jpg|right|400px|thumb|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?BRN=54728 Excavation of ground for the construction of the foundation of the Armadale War Memorial.]]] | '''West Armadale Panel''' [[File:Laying of foundation stone at Armadale War Memorial.jpg|right|400px|thumb|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?BRN=54728 Excavation of ground for the construction of the foundation of the Armadale War Memorial.]]] | ||
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*[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]] | *[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]] | ||
*[[John Hickson Tomlinson]] | *[[John Hickson Tomlinson]] | ||
*[[Henry George Price]] | *[[Henry George Price]] | ||
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*[[Frazer Paterson Henderson]] | *[[Frazer Paterson Henderson]] | ||
*[[John Paterson Henderson]] | *[[John Paterson Henderson]] | ||
*[[Robert Landen Rayner]] | *[[Robert Landen Rayner]] | ||
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*[[Reginald Samuel Roquerbre Dutton]] | *[[Reginald Samuel Roquerbre Dutton]] | ||
*[[Arthur Candish]] | *[[Arthur Candish]] | ||
*[[James Candish]] | *[[James Candish]] | ||
*[[William Simpson]] | *[[William Simpson]] | ||
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*[[William Augustus Povah]] | *[[William Augustus Povah]] | ||
*[[William Harrington Edward Watson]] | *[[William Harrington Edward Watson]] | ||
*[[Clarence Victor Watson]] | *[[Clarence Victor Watson]] | ||
*[[Alexander Donald]] | *[[Alexander Donald]] | ||
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*[[William Wright Casterton MM]] | *[[William Wright Casterton MM]] | ||
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| − | *[[George Mouatt Dow]] | + | *[[George Mouatt Dow]] * |
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*[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] | *[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] | ||
*[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] | *[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] | ||
*[[William Arthur Green]] (''Listed as A. Green'') | *[[William Arthur Green]] (''Listed as A. Green'') | ||
*[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] | *[[Arthur Edward Bingham]] | ||
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*[[William Thomas Saw]] | *[[William Thomas Saw]] | ||
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*[[Richard Beattie]] (''Listed as R. Beatty'') | *[[Richard Beattie]] (''Listed as R. Beatty'') | ||
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[[File:Opening of Armadale War Memorial.jpeg|thumb|400px|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/24459627/335042,2 Opening of the Obelisk July 18th, 1917]]] | [[File:Opening of Armadale War Memorial.jpeg|thumb|400px|[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/24459627/335042,2 Opening of the Obelisk July 18th, 1917]]] | ||
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*[[John Harold Rupert Smith]] | *[[John Harold Rupert Smith]] | ||
*[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]] | *[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]] | ||
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*[[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]] | *[[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]] | ||
| − | *[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]] | + | *[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]] * |
*[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MiD]] | *[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MiD]] | ||
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*[[Ralph Trotter]] | *[[Ralph Trotter]] | ||
*[[John Macarthur Livingston]] | *[[John Macarthur Livingston]] | ||
*[[Charles Henry Robinson]] | *[[Charles Henry Robinson]] | ||
*[[Norman Leslie Skewes]] | *[[Norman Leslie Skewes]] | ||
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*[[Thomas Hughie Culbertson]] (''Listed as T. Cuthbertson'') | *[[Thomas Hughie Culbertson]] (''Listed as T. Cuthbertson'') | ||
*[[Albert Nock]] | *[[Albert Nock]] | ||
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*[[Edward Dudley Mann]] | *[[Edward Dudley Mann]] | ||
*[[Ernest Taylor]] | *[[Ernest Taylor]] | ||
*[[Henry (Harry) Butcher]] | *[[Henry (Harry) Butcher]] | ||
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*[[Oliver John Dowell]] | *[[Oliver John Dowell]] | ||
'''Beenup Panel''' | '''Beenup Panel''' | ||
| − | *[[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]] (''Listed as Jno W.G. Turner'') | + | *[[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]] (''Listed as Jno W.G. Turner'') * |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 7 November 2017
 Armadale War Memorial, the obelisk with original marble plaques with flowers and wreaths laid at the base. | |
| Monument Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | Armadale War Memorial |
| Location | Jull Street & Orchard Avenue, Armadale Memorial Park , Armadale, 6112 |
| Dedication Date | Saturday 16th December, 1916 |
Armadale War Memorial commemorates those from Armadale who served in World War One. In May 1959 it was moved to Memorial Park and updated to include the World War Two and Korean conflicts.[1]
Contents
History
City of Armadale war memorial, one of the earliest built in Western Australia to honour soldiers who fought in World War One. Located in what is now Memorial Park, the concept of a brick obelisk was proposed by a group of Armadale residents, businesses and community groups who formed a Roll of Honour Committee in April 1916.[2]
The people of Armadale, not content to commemorate their soldier heroes by way of the customary honour board, conceived the idea of an obelisk, to be erected in the most prominent position in their township. The site is on the high ground facing the railway station so that the memorial will command the attention alike of visitors to the district and travellers passing through by train.[3]
The decision to erect a monument before the war had officially ceased (November 1918) was reportedly due to local concerns that Armadale soldiers departing for the war prior to 1916 were not given an official send-off. The committee approached the Road Board in June 1916 for permission to build the obelisk opposite the railway station at the intersection of Fourth Road and Eleventh Avenue. The Board supported the proposal and agreed to take responsibility for the memorial once it was built. Marian Cullen, wife of Committee Secretary Herbert Dale Cullen, laid the first brick, before a brick was laid by a child from each of the five schools of the district. Mrs Cullen was presented with a “handsome” trowel as a memento of the occasion. This trowel now sits on display in the History House Museum.
It took four months to build the obelisk, constructed from brick, “burnt from the clay of our own hills” (Carter, 2011, p.160) and steps of granite hewn from the Boya quarries. It was officially unveiled on 16 December 1916 by Governor Sir Harry Barron, and the obelisk continued to serve as a source of pride for Armadale residents.
William James George MLA, who had lost his 20-year-old son in the Gallipoli campaign, was present at the unveiling and said:
The people of Armadale were beginning to think of their men not merely as so many units across the seas, but as persons belonging to them and fighting their battles.
Setting
The obelisk was originally erected at the intersection of Fourth Road and Eleventh Avenue near the Armadale Railway Station footbridge. The site was a corner of land gifted by Mrs F. Saw. By the mid-1930s the RSL was suggesting the obelisk could be moved to a site at Soldiers' Memorial Park on Jull Street, however this suggestion was not acted upon, even after further pleas in 1946 and 1953.
Eventually in 1956 Road Board members resolved that the relocation was an urgent matter, requiring action before ANZAC Day that year, yet it was not until 1959 that it was finally moved to Soldiers' Memorial Park by RSL volunteers and supporters.
In October 2011 a number of upgrades were carried out to the obelisk's immediate surroundings as part of a wider revamp of Soldiers' Memorial Park. The upgrades included replacement of the low stone wall (with plaques mounted into the surface of the new wall), a circular walkway of textured concrete and paving inlaid with custom commemorative inserts, plus new wooden benches for visitors.
Monument Details
Front Inscription
West Armadale Panel1914 1919
"LEST WE FORGET"
A record of The Men From Armadale And District Who Volunteered And Served In The Great War For The Liberty Of The World.
The First Brick Of This Obelisk Was Laid By Mrs H Dale Cullen 12th Aug.1916.
Unveiled By The Governor Sir Harry Barron K.C.M.G 16th Dec 1916.
- John Whittaker
- Victor Henry Marshall (Listed as H.V. Marshall) *
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM
- John Hickson Tomlinson
- Henry George Price
- Charles William Price *
- Frazer Paterson Henderson
- John Paterson Henderson
- Robert Landen Rayner
- Albert Thomas Ticklie MM *
- Reginald Samuel Roquerbre Dutton
- Arthur Candish
- James Candish
- William Simpson
- Robert Prior Bailey *
- William Augustus Povah
- William Harrington Edward Watson
- Clarence Victor Watson
- Alexander Donald
- Edward Price *
- Claude Robert Marsh
- Leonard George Morgan
- Sidney Francis Till
- Frederick Robert Weedon (Listed as R. Weedon)
- Harold Hopgood Surman
- Thomas Ramsell
- Stephen Henry Horrocks *
- Henry Joseph Milne
- Eric Oswald Strang
- Stanley Thomas Marsh
- Arthur Werndly
- Charles Edward Parkin
- Bertram Ernest Powell
- Arthur Charles Grafham
- William George Martin
- Cecil Walter Challis
- James Murray Whiteley
- Charles Henry Davis
- William Wright Casterton MM
- Frederick Owen Werndly *
- George Mouatt Dow *
- Herbert Winton Turner *
- Frederick White
Armadale Panel
- Leslie James Godfrey
- Hector Lionel Saw
- Leith John Newton Angelo (Listed as J. Angelo)
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson
- Henry Herman Powell
- Thomas Frederick McDonough
- James Clarence Taylor
- Edward Bailey
- William Francis Cohn (Listed as W. Cohue)
- Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell
- Keith Herbert Sloan
- William Arthur Green (Listed as A. Green)
- Arthur Edward Bingham
- Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham *
- William Thomas Saw
- Frederick James Powell *
- Richard Beattie (Listed as R. Beatty)
- Hartland Wheare Richards
- Francis William Wakeham
- Charles Fielder
- Walter David Francis Kerridge
- Henry Bolton *
- Joseph Smith
- Charles John Mitchell
- Victor George James
- Ellis Shackleton
- George Henry Aspinall
- William Bingham
- Frederick Charles Close
- Harry Douglas Butcher
- Edward Stanley James
- Joseph Watson
Bedfordale Panel
- Robert Melville Salter *
- John Harold Rupert Smith
- Edgar Leslie Livermore
- James Winning *
- Douglas Campbell Wills Winning
- Stanley Joseph Callow Champion *
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MiD
- Frank William Dowell (Listed as F.J. Dowell) *
- Albert John Egan MiD
- Francis Henry Ryniker
- Frank Erle Waters
- Thomas Brown Mack
- Victor Norman Chandler MM
- William Dobson Stevens
- Hugh Gibson Winning
- Thomas William Dowell *
- Ralph Trotter
- John Macarthur Livingston
- Charles Henry Robinson
- Norman Leslie Skewes
- John Alexander Trotter *
- Thomas Hughie Culbertson (Listed as T. Cuthbertson)
- Albert Nock
- Ernest William Serls *
- Edward Dudley Mann
- Ernest Taylor
- Henry (Harry) Butcher
- Beverley Loxton Bennett *
- Oliver John Dowell
Beenup Panel
- John Wesley Gladstone Turner (Listed as Jno W.G. Turner) *
- John James Emery *
- George Young
- John Blake
- Arthur Thomas Orton MM
- Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle (Listed as P. Boyle)
- William John Martin (1278)
- Alfred Arthur Martin
- William Archer Waller (Listed as W.D. Waller) *
- John Edward Thomson (Listed as J.E. Thompson)
- Richard Evans MM
- Thomas Bird
- James Kershaw
- Victor Leo Gordon Boyle
- Henry McCavana (Listed as H. McCavanah)
- Ralph Trotter
- John Alexander Trotter *
- Patrick Francis Fitzgerald
- Herbert William Coxhead
- Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett
- Thomas Hesketh
- George Alexander Armstrong
- John Hobbs
- David Forbes Abernethy
- George Edward Binns
- William Percival Nairn
- William Stephens
- Edward Armstrong
- Bertie Greenfield (Listed as T. Greenshilds)
- Frederick Hobbs
- William Barge
- William Henry Ottey (Listed as W. Otty)
- George Charles Unwin
Those who died on service were marked with an asterisk
References
- ↑ "Armadale War Memorial". Monument Australia. 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ↑ Carter, Jennie; Carter, Bevan (2011). Settlement to City: A history of the Armadale district and its people. Armadale, W.A.: City of Armadale. p. 159-162. ISBN 978-0-9594944-1-9.
- ↑ "ARMADALE HEROES.". The West Australian. XXXII, (4,483). Western Australia. 14 August 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 31 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.