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Kelmscott War Memorial commemorates those from Kelmscott 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/60041-armadale-war-memorial |title=Armadale War Memorial |last= |first= |date=2017 |website=Monument Australia |publisher= |access-date=May 3, 2017 |quote=}}</ref>
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Kelmscott War Memorial commemorates those from Kelmscott who served overseas in World War One and those who lost their life in World War Two.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
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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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carter |first1=Jennie |last2=Carter |first2=Bevan |date=2011 |title=Settlement to City: A history of the Armadale district and its people |url=https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?BRN=113903 |location=Armadale, W.A. |publisher=City of Armadale |page=159-162 |isbn=978-0-9594944-1-9 |author-link= }}</ref>
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<blockquote>''Tomorrow (Saturday) the foundation-stone of a massive granite obelisk in commemoration of the men who enlisted from the Kelmscott, Roleystone, and Karragullen districts will be laid by Major-General Sir Talbot Hobbs, at 3 p.m. The obelisk, which will be of imposing dimensions, will occupy a commanding site in the Kelmscott recreation ground, on the Canning River, and the work of its erection has been entrusted to Messrs. Peters and Gillies.'' <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210692154 |title=KELMSCOTT MEMORIAL. |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |issue=195 |location=Western Australia |date=20 May 1921 |accessdate=1 November 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>
  
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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.
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<blockquote>''On Sunday afternoon his Excellency will unveil an obelisk which has been erected at Kelmscott to the memory of the men of that district who fell in the war.''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27964464 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXVII, |issue=5,958 |location=Western Australia |date=23 May 1921 |accessdate=1 November 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>
  
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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.
 
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William James George MLA, who had lost his 20-year-old son in the Gallipoli campaign, was present at the unveiling and said:
 
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<blockquote>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.</blockquote>
 
  
 
==Setting==
 
==Setting==
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The monument is set prominently on the corner of River Road and Orlando Street, Kelmscott. This is also the north-west corner of the Kelmscott Agricultural Showgrounds at Rushton Park.
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[[File:Memorial obelisk upgrade.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Upgrade works to Memorial Park and the obelisk setting, 2011.]] 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.  
 
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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.
 
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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.  
 
  
  
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==Monument Details==
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'''West Panel'''
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<blockquote>
  
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''1914 Lest We Forget 1919<br />A Record of those from Kelmscott, Roleystone & Karragullen<br />Who volunteered and served in the Great War for the Liberty of the World''
  
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'''West Panel'''
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* [[William James Allen]] (''Listed as J. Allen'')
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* [[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] (''Listed as O. Allom'')
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* [[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] (''Listed as R Allom'')
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* [[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]]
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* [[William James Barnard]] (''Listed as W Barnard'')
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* [[Albert William Barratt]] (''Listed as W. Barrett'')
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* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]]
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* [[Wilfred George Bettenay]]
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* † [[Robert Frank Bickford]]
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* [[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]] (''Listed as R. Braidwood'')
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* [[Edward Henson Broadhurst]]
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* [[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
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* [[Archibald Roland Bunney]]
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* [[George Ezra Bunney]]
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* [[Macalister Adair Blain]]
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* [[Arthur Charles Cam]]
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* [[Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke]]
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* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
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* [[Walter Eugene Cockram]]
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* [[William Francis Cohn]] (''Listed as W.F. Cohu'')
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* [[Gordon Vidgen Cross]]
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* [[Thomas Henry William Denny]] (''Listed as T.H. Denny'')
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* [[Felix Ralph Durling]] (''Listed as T. Durling. Did not leave Australia'')
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]] (''Listed as V Durling'')
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* [[Charles Fancote]]
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* [[Frederick Fancote]]
  
  
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''This Memorial was unveiled by His Excellency Sir Francis Newdegate, K.C.M.G. Governor of Western Australia on 29th May,1921<br />This stone was laid by Major-General Talbot Hobbs K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,V.D, On 21st May, 1921''
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==Monument Details==
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'''North Panel'''
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* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]] (''Listed as W Farnham'')
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* [[Robert Alexander Fernie]] (''Listed as R Fernie'')
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* [[William Henry Gauthern]]
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* [[Jack Hayden Gibson]] (''Listed as J Gibson'')
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* † [[Stephen Gittins]] (''Listed as S. Gittens'')  *
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* [[Alfred Gittins]] (''Listed as A. Gittens'')
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* † [[Charles Maul Glover]]  (''Listed as C Glover *'')
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* [[James Edward Grabham]]
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* [[George Emanuel Harber]]
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* [[Maurice Francis Gustavis Hare]] (''Listed as M Hare'')
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* [[Leslie Jeffery Harvey]] (''Listed as L Harvey'')
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* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
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* † [[Henry Ernest Howard]]  (''Listed as H Howard *'')
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* [[Jason Howard]]
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* [[Thomas Charles Howard]]
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* [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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* [[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
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* [[William Martin Knight]]
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* [[Daniel Adkins Lewis]] (''Listed as D Lewis'')
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* † [[Frederick Thornton Lindley]] 
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* [[Bruce Leslie Logan]]
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* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
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* [[Francis Leonard Martin]] (''Listed as F Martin'')
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]] (''Listed as G Martin'')
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* † [[Harold Percival Martin]] (''Listed as H Martin'')
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* [[Lewis George Martin]]
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* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]] (''Listed as W Martin'')
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* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] (''Listed as H.R. Matthews'')
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* † [Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]] (''Listed as S.O.C. Matthews'')  *
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* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]] (''Listed as F. Murphy'')
  
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W.ARMADALE [[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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'''South Panel'''
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*[[John Whittaker]]
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* [[Roderick McCaskill]]
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*[[Victor Henry Marshall]] (''Listed as H.V. Marshall'')
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* [[Thomas Alfred Osborne]] (''Listed as T Osborne'')
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*[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
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* [[William Plant]]
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*[[John Hickson Tomlinson]]
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* † [[Keith George Harman Podger]]  (''Listed as K Podger *'')
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* † [[Richard Edgar Riley]] (''Listed as E. Rielly'')
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* † [[Alfred Arthur (Fred) Rouse]] (''Listed as F. Rouse'')  *
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* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]] (''Listed as T. Rouse'')
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* † [[Robert Melville Salter]] 
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* † [[Lionel Newton Savage]] 
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* [[John (Senior) Shepherd]]
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* [[John (Junior) Shepherd]]
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* [[William Arthur Shepherd]] (''Listed as W Shepherd'')
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* [[Alfred Slee]]
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* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
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* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
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* [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]] (''Listed as R. Smith'')
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* [[Francis Joseph (Frank) Steffan]] (''Listed as F. Steffann'')
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* [[Harold Stinton]]
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* [[William George Tait]]
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* [[Alfred Martin Tilly]]
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* [[John Francis Ullyott]]
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* [[William Lamplough Ullyott]]
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* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] (''Listed as A Verrier'')
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* † [[Samuel James Verrier]]  (''Listed as S Verrier *'')
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* [[John Henry Ward]]
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* [[Leslie St Clair Ward]] (''Listed as L Ward'')
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* [[Stuart Alan Webb]] (''Listed as S Webb'')
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* [[Thomas William Wheatley]] (''Listed as T Wheatley'')
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* [[Gordon Percival White]] (''Listed as G White'')
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* † [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]] (''Listed as H. White'')  *
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* [[Alice Maud Martin]] (''Listed as Sister A. Martin'')
  
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<blockquote>
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[https://armadale.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?BRN=65048 Kelmscott War Memorial], The laying of the wreath at Kelmscott War Memorial on 25 April, 1973.
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1914
 
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"LEST WE FORGET"
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==Notes==
  
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A record
 
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of The Men From Armadale
 
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And District Who Volunteered And
 
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Served In The Great War For The
 
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Liberty Of The World.
 
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The First Brick Of This Obelisk
 
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Was Laid By Mrs H Dale Cullen 12th Aug.1916.
 
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Unveiled By The Governor
 
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Sir Harry Barron K.C.M.G
 
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16th Dec 1916.
 
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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]]]
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Neither William Martin Knight, nor Felix Ralph Durling left Australian shores, and therefore are listed on the memorial in error.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:22, 17 August 2021

Kelmscott War Memorial
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Monument Details
Name Kelmscott War Memorial
Location Corner of River Road & Orlando Street, Kelmscott 6111 [1]
Dedication Date 29th May 1921

Kelmscott War Memorial commemorates those from Kelmscott who served overseas in World War One and those who lost their life in World War Two.

History

Tomorrow (Saturday) the foundation-stone of a massive granite obelisk in commemoration of the men who enlisted from the Kelmscott, Roleystone, and Karragullen districts will be laid by Major-General Sir Talbot Hobbs, at 3 p.m. The obelisk, which will be of imposing dimensions, will occupy a commanding site in the Kelmscott recreation ground, on the Canning River, and the work of its erection has been entrusted to Messrs. Peters and Gillies. [1]
On Sunday afternoon his Excellency will unveil an obelisk which has been erected at Kelmscott to the memory of the men of that district who fell in the war.[2]


Setting

The monument is set prominently on the corner of River Road and Orlando Street, Kelmscott. This is also the north-west corner of the Kelmscott Agricultural Showgrounds at Rushton Park.


Monument Details

West Panel

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

West Panel


This Memorial was unveiled by His Excellency Sir Francis Newdegate, K.C.M.G. Governor of Western Australia on 29th May,1921
This stone was laid by Major-General Talbot Hobbs K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,V.D, On 21st May, 1921

North Panel

South Panel

Kelmscott War Memorial, The laying of the wreath at Kelmscott War Memorial on 25 April, 1973.

Notes

Neither William Martin Knight, nor Felix Ralph Durling left Australian shores, and therefore are listed on the memorial in error.

References

  1. ↑ "KELMSCOTT MEMORIAL.". The Australian (195). Western Australia. 20 May 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia. 
  2. ↑ "PERSONAL.". The West Australian. XXXVII, (5,958). Western Australia. 23 May 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2017 – via National Library of Australia. 
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