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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, Perth, BARRON, Anzac Cottage, 1916

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1916

Overview

Anzac Cottage Souvenir Booklet: Lady Barron setting the Memorial Tablet

Historical information

Anzac Cottage is a house in the suburb of Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia that was built as both a memorial to the soldiers who died in the Gallipoli Campaign and as a home for one of the wounded returning men. It is notable for being the first World War I memorial built in Western Australia, and for (nominally) being built in a single day (12 February 1916) with donated funds, materials and labour.

On 15 April 1916 the cottage was officially opened for public inspection by Premier John Scaddan and his wife.[30] The following day the property was handed over to Private John Porter and his wife Annie. Porter was a member of the 11th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force, and landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. He was wounded during the day; the injury subsequently causing him to returned to Australia in July 1915 as an invalid.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-32-P1900.1463

Themes

War and Conflict

War and Conflict > World War 1

Year

1916

Links to additional resources

Service Summary - 1013 Private John Porter

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