Midland Railway Workshop Memorial - Midland, Western Australia
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S 31° 53.608 E 116° 00.246
50J E 405821 N 6470939
A memorial to fallen soldiers from their workmates
Waymark Code: WMNF7F
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 03/04/2015
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The Midland Railway Workshop Fallen Soldiers Memorial commemorates the seventy railway workers who enlisted from the workshops and died in World War One was erected through voluntary contributions from the Workshop staff . The figure on the memorial was sculpted by Pietro Porcelli and the bronze casting was executed in Italy.
The names of more than twenty-five men who lost their lives in World War Two were added later .
An inscription on the front reads :-
IN ENDURING COMMEMORATION
of the
LOYALTY DEVOTION AND SACRIFICE
WORKSHOP COMRADES WHO FELL
n the
GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THESE OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 12/20/1925
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Western Australian Government Railways Workshop staff
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand
Physical Address of Monument:
Yelverton Dr
Midland, W.A Australia
6056
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