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The memorial walk consists of 36 plinths on both sides of Veterans Avenue dedicated to a particular conflict or theatre of war in which Australian forces fought.
 

Each of the 36 plinths is dedicated to a particular conflict or theatre of war in which Australian forces fought and information includes:

• The name and location of the conflict
• Dates for the beginning and end of the conflict
• The number of Australian veterans involved, wounded and killed in the conflict
• Period-accurate insignias representing the Australian armed services involved in the conflict

The 36 conflicts commemorated by the Memorial Walk are:

1. European and Aboriginal Conflict (1788-1890)
2. Crimean War (1853-1856)
3. New Zealand and Maori Wars (1845-1872)
4. Sudan Crisis (1885)
5. Second Anglo Boer War (1899-1902)
6. Boxer Rebellion (1900)
7. The First World War (1914-18)
8. Battle of the Cocos Islands (1914)
9. Gallipoli (1915-1916)
10. Battle of the Somme (1916)
11. Battle of Passchendaele (1917)
12. Battle of Beersheba (1917)
13. The Western Front (1918)
14. Russia (1919)
15. World War II (1939-1945)
16. Mediterranean (1940)
17. Royal Australian Air Force (1939-1945)
18. Defence of Crete (1941)
19. Siege of Tobruk (1941-1942)
20. Battle of Singapore (1942)
21. The Bombing of Darwin (1942)
22. New Guinea (1942-1943)
23. Royal Australian Navy (1939-1945)
24. Island Hopping (1939-1945)
25. North Borneo (1945)
26. The Korean War (1950-1953)
27. Battle of Kapyong (1951)
28. Malayan Emergency (1950-1960)
29. The Borneo Confrontation (1962-1966)
30. The Vietnam War (1962-1975)
31. The Battle of Long Tan (1966)
32. Peace Keeping (1980-2000)
33. Gulf War (1990)
34. East Timor (1980-2000)
35. Afghanistan War (2001)
36. Irag War (2003-2011)

The project was funded from the City’s Developer Contribution Plan.

 

 

Location

Address:	Veterans Parade, Cockburn Central, 6164
State:	WA
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -32.125026 Long: 115.851052 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Walkway
Monument Theme:	Conflict
Sub-Theme:	Multiple

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:	2019

Source: MA