Western Australian Garden of Remembrance

Western Australia Garden of Remembrance is one of the 6 Gardens of Remembrance in Australia (one in each state) for the victims of World War I who are buried in Australia but which graves could not be maintained properly.

Of the total over 3000 victims of World War I buried in Australia, nearly 2000 are commemorated in the Gardens of Remembrance.

Besides that, there are also names of servicemen whose graves in Australia have disappeared. These people are only registered in the Gardens of Remembrance. For the Western Australia Garden of Remembrance there are 2 people from World War I and 4 from World War II.

There are also memorial tiles for victims of other wars, like LCpl. Mervyn John McDonald who gave life on 30 August 2012 in Afghanistan.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikimedia Commons (2), Findagrave/John Winterbotham (3)