Mt Lawley War Memorial - Mt Lawley, Western Australia
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S 31° 55.814 E 115° 52.247
50J E 393255 N 6466741
A memorial in a suburban park
Waymark Code: WMNMBE
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 04/03/2015
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The Mount Lawley War Memorial is an example of a war memorial in the Inter-War Art Deco style, to commemorate the local men who died during WW1, but now includes World War Two, Malaya, Korea, Borneo and Vietnam. The memorial was constructed from carved dressed Donnybrook stone surmounted by a celtic cross and is painted annually in the lead-up to ANZAC Day
The plaque on the front reads :-
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR OUR FREEDOM
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1914 -1918
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
MALAYA - 1948 - 1960 KOREA — 1950-1953
BORNEO - 1962 -1966 VIETNAM - 1962-1972
A plaque on one side lists the names of the fallen beneath the words :-
In Grateful memory of the
Men of Mt Lawley and Inglewood
who fell in the Great War
1914 - 1918
our glorious dead
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/30/1924
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Residents of Mt Lawley
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand
Physical Address of Monument:
cnr Queens and Clifton crs
Mt Lawley, W.A Australia
6050
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