War Memorials in Australia

Coolgardie War Memorial

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Place: Coolgardie, Western Australia, 6429
District:: Goldfields
Orientation: 39 km SW of Kalgoorlie
Location: Grounds of RSL Sub-Branch, Bayley Street and Ford Street
Position: 30 57 29S     121 10 12 E
Ref: 60007

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The memorial is a rough cut Nepean rock set on small Nepean rocks on a brick base.  There are flagpoles on the north and east sides.

Plaques with the names of deceased RSL members are set in nearby garden.

Bronze plaque on north face of rock
Bas relief sculpture of a man and young girl standing in front of a monument
with a background of part of the Australian flag
THEIR SERVICE
OUR HERITAGE
 

Metal plaque below
THIS MEMORIAL WAS OPENED
ON THE 12
TH DAY OF FEBRUARY
1984
BY E. E. DAVIES
PRESIDENT COOLGARDIE
RETURNED SERVICES LEAGUE

 

 

Metal plaque on south face of rock
"LEST WE FORGET."


Metal plaque below
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
KOREAN WAR
VIETNAM WAR

 

 

Bronze plaque on west face of brick base
IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO
SERVED IN VIETNAM
1963 - 1973

DONATED BY
COOLGARDIE SHIRE COUNCIL


 


Information current to October 2002


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