OBELISK PANEL - LEST WE FORGET
A rectangular marble panel to commemorate those who served in WW1. The panel is in a landscape format. The marble surface is stained brown and there is a strip of white paint towards the bottom of the panel. The letters have been chiselled out and filled in with lead. The marble panel is in one piece, but the top right-hand side edge is broken and missing. The text reads:
[1914 'LEST WE FORGET' 1919 / A RECORD / OF THE MEN FROM ARMADALE / AND DISTRICT WHO VOLUNTEERED AND / SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR FOR THE /
LIBERTY OF THE WORLD].
Bottom left hand side of the panel has an inscription about the obelisk's initial stone laying. The text reads:
[THE FIRST BRICK OF THIS OBELISK / WAS LAID BY MRS H DALE CULLEN 12th AUG. 1916].
Bottom right of the panel is inscribed with the details of the unveiling of the obelisk which reads: [UNVEILED BY THE GOVERNOR , / SIR HARRY BARRON K.C.M.C. / 16th Dec. 1916]
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
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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.
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
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