All Conflicts Memorial Plaques, Pinjarra War Memorial - Pinjarra, Western Australia
S 32° 37.681 E 115° 52.294
50H E 394143 N 6389387
Nine plaques on four pillars surrounding the Pinjarra War Memorial commemorating all those who served Australia in all conflicts from the Boer War to the Gulf War.
Waymark Code: WMEJCN
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 06/04/2012
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The Pinjarra War Memorial is situated outside the Shire Offices and comprises a rough hewn granite obelisk surmounted by a Celtic cross, the whole mounted on an octagonal base.
The front face of the octagon bears the inscription:
ERECTED
IN HONOUR OF
OUR SOLDIERS
WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918.
The face directly to the rear is inscribed:
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN
followed by three names.
The other six sides of the base are inscribed with a total of thirtysix names.
The cross was originally sited in a small reserve alongside the bridge that crosses the Murray River at the Northern entrance to the Town. The site was dedicated and the Memorial unveiled by the Govenor Sir Francis Newdegate in July 1923. In 1964 the Memorial was moved to it's present site.
More recently four small pillars have been erected surrounding the original memorial. These bear plaques in relation to all conflicts in which Australia has been involved, with the following common inscription:
This plaque
is dedicated to those
men and women
who served in the defence
of our nation
Lest we forget
The earliest conflict is the Boer War. This plaque bears no badges, possibly due to Australia not yet being a "Nation", and not having a defined "force". Those who served were members of the 'Queensland Mounted Rifles' and similar naming
The plaque bears the inscription:
Boer War
1899-1902
above the common inscription.
The other plaques bear the badges of the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Unlike all the others, on the World War I plaque the Army is represented by what appears to be two 'Australian Imperial Force' badges.
The badges appear above the respective inscriptions:
World War I - 1914-1918
World War II - 1939 - 1945
Korean War - 1950-1953
Malayan Emergency - 1950-1960
Indonesian Confrontation (Borneo) - 1963-1966
Vietnam War - 1962-1973
Gulf War - 1991-1991
Peacekeeping - 1947-Present Day
I expected to find a plaque for "Iraq", and perhaps "Afghanistan", but these have not yet been placed, and may not be until there is a valid 'End Date'.