Wagin War Memorial , Wagin, Western Australia
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S 33° 18.408 E 117° 20.465
50H E 531751 N 6314648
A country town war memorial
Waymark Code: WMMPH5
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/20/2014
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The Wagin War Memorial was unveiled in Piesse Park by the Governor Sir Willam Campion on the 29th March 1925 and paid tribute to 64 fallen heroes. The war memorial was moved to its present position in 1967.
In 1949, an additional 25 names were added to the memorial to commemorate the fallen of World War Two.
The memorial consists of a broken granite pillar, broken to symbolise the lives broken and destroyed by war
The inscription reads :-
LEST WE FORGET
At the setting of the sun and in the
Morning we will remember them
Erected by the residents of Wagin and
District in memory of those who fell in the
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 03/29/1925
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Wagin Shire
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand
Physical Address of Monument:
Trent Street,
Wagin, W.A Australia
6315
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Website for this Monument: Not listed
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