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06-August-2017 (Bryan Hardy)
06-August-2017 (Bryan Hardy)

Photographs supplied by Bryan Hardy / Father Ted Doncaster

The monument commemorates those who served in World War One and World War Two. It was originally erected to commemorate those who served in World War One.

The Yarloop War Memorial was unveiled on ANZAC Day 1922. The memorial, a granite obelisk 20ft 6 inches high, bears a tablet on each face containing the names of those killed and those who enlisted from the district. Protruding at right angles from each tablet is a crouching lion, carved in South African white marble.

The design for the memorial was won in competition by Mr Pietro Porcelli who also carried out its construction and erection and the supervision of M. J. Ochiltree, architect for the committee. The memorial contains the names of 199 men who returned including two Victoria Cross recipients under the heading "The Brave". On another brass plate the names of the 57 who paid the supreme sacrifice are inscribed.
The West Australian  (Perth), 13th May 1922, Sunday Times, Perth, 13th September 1925.

Location

Address:Railway Parade, Yarloop, 6218
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.959421
Long: 115.89994
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Designer:Pietro Giacomo Porcelli
Monument Manufacturer:Pietro Giacomo Porcelli

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Tuesday 25th April, 1922
Front Inscription

A.D.
1914 -19

The heroic dead

Their name liveth for evermore

[ Names ]

1939 - 1945 War
[ Names ]

Plaque :

Erected by the residents of Yarloop & Districts

To the memory of those who paid "the supreme sacrifice" & their comrades in the Great War of 1914 - 1919

Unveiled on ANZAC Day, April 25th 1922 by Lieut. Colonel Manning D.S.O., O.B.E.

 

Left Side Inscription

The brave 

[ Names ]

Inscription in Proximity

Thank you for giving life to the Yarloop Memorial Garden :

Yarloo Volunteer Fire Brigade     Harvey Water
Soroptimist Int. On The Terrace  Marbret International
Mission Horticulture                    Lovegrove Turf Services
HMAS Stirling                             Barry & Vince Versaci
Total Eden (Bunbury)                  Harvey Agricultural College

Hancock Memorials
2016

Source: MA,WMR
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au