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OBELISK PANEL - ARMADALE

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Overview

Marble panel identifying the names of 36 soldiers from Armadale who fought in World Wars One and Two. Marble panel is white with grey waves throughout. The panel is in six pieces and badly damaged. The bottom right corner is missing. The title of the panel is [ARMADALE]. Below the title, are the names of 20 soldiers who fought in WW1. Directly underneath are two columns of names of soldiers who fought in WW2. A piece of the obelisk panel with the names of three of the enlisted soldiers is missing. Four stars are inserted next to the names of soldiers who died on active service.
The marble panel is in seven pieces, but the bottom right hand corner piece, is broken off and missing, the panel is broken across full width in two places.

Historical information

Original marble plaque from the Armadale Memorial Obelisk which was unveiled on December 16, 1916, by the Governor General of WA, Sir Harry Barron. The foundation stone had been laid on August 12 by Mrs Marian Gertrude Augusta Cullen, the wife of Mr Dale Cullen who was the president of the organising committee. The memorial was originally located on the corner of Fourth Road and Commerce Avenue before being moved to Memorial Park in 1959.
In December 1988 the Armadale branch of the Returned Services League decided to refurbish the memorial which included the replacement of the original marble plaques. The plaques had been thrown into a skip bin but were salvaged by Mr Kim Fletcher who then gave them to History House Museum.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2016.55B

Themes

People
War and Conflict

Width

42 mm

Height or length

993 mm

Keywords

TAYLOR James C Mr S/Sgt

POWELL Frederick J Mr Pte

SAW William T Mr Pte

BINGHAM Austen H Mr Pte

BINGHAM Arthur E Mr Pte

SLOAN Keith H Mr Pte

FARNELL Joseph C J Mr Sgt

Armadale Obelisk War Memmorial

BAILEY Edward Mr Pte

FIELDER Charles Mr Cpl

MC DONOUGH Thomas F Mr Dvr

POWELL Henry H Mr Bdr

DAWSON Aubrey Mr Pte

WOODARD Thomas Mr Pte

Statement of significance

This object is part of collection that tells the story of the City of Armadale's connection to armed conflicts around the world from the late 1800s to today. The collection explores the experiences of people associated with the City of Armadale who went to war, their experiences when they returned as well as how these conflicts impacted the community who stayed behind.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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