Maylands War Memorial

Our association now organises the ANZAC Day services at the Maylands war memorial.

In 1919, the Maylands Fallen Soldier Memorial Committee’s fundraising efforts included conducting an open-air picture show in Eighth Avenue, Maylands.

The Maylands War Memorial was unveiled by the Governor, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate, on Sunday, October 2, 1921. Local returned soldiers formed a Guard of Honour and the National Anthem was played by the Maylands Salvation Army Band. A Sacred Concert in connection with that event was held on the following Tuesday night in Maylands Hall.

Community members, who funded the creation of the war memorial, appear to have provided the 110 names listed on the Maylands War Memorial. Research for Bob Corby’s book Soldiers of the Maylands Cenotaph WWI 1914-1918  showed that some of the names were recorded differently in official records held by the Australian War Memorial (AWM) and the National Archives of Australia.  Those named on the Maylands War Memorial are:

• Ainsworth F (Corby suggests this may refer to  Private Elias (Jack) Ainsworth)
• Arbon J
• Arthur I (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Thomas Arthur)
• Banford FL (AWM records show Bamford, Frederick Ladbury)
• Barnes C (His Place of Association was recorded as Guildford )
• Barron C (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Bleakley H (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Bleakley WN (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Bremner RAB (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Bruce A (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Albert Edward Bruce or Private Alexander Havelock Bruce)
• Buckenara LA (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Burkett, CW
• Burkett, R (His Place of Association was recorded as Narrogin)
• Burrows H (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Cadwallader OH
• Casey HW
• Casey JJ (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Jeremiah Joseph Casey, whose next of kin lived in Bayswater, Western Australia)
• Clayton W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Wallace Clayton, who has no obvious link to Maylands)
• Crossley J (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Dale A (Corby suggests this could be Dale CH with next of kin in Maylands or Dale WR, whose wife lived in Dudley Street, Maylands)
• Davies FH
• Dedman FC (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. His Place of Association was recorded as Mount Lawley)
• Denney J
• Dixon A (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth. According to Corby, Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Dixon A)
• Dunnolly RC (According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Dunnolly RC)
• Edmonds E
• Edwards EC
• Edwards HA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Alexander Albert Edwards)
• Egan T (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Thomas Egan, whose father John Egan lived in Kennedy Street, Maylands)
• Everett J (According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Everett J)
• Foreman CW (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Ginger HJ (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Herbert George Reginald Ginger, whose place of Association was listed as Bayswater, Western Australia. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Ginger  HG)
• Girvan J (Corby suggests this may refer to Private John Girvan whose place of Association was listed as Lion Mill, Australia, but whose wife Alice (formerly of Lion Mill) lived at 9 Cambridge Street, Maylands)
• Grant RM (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Robert  Hannibal Grant of Third Avenue, Mount Lawley. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Grant RH)
• Grant JP
• Griffin AW (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Arthur William Griffin, whose Place of Association was listed as Subiaco, Australia, but who had a postal address in Ferguson Street, Maylands when he enlisted)
• Hutchinson L
• Hodgson H
• Hall HA (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Harding G (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ted Harding of 4 Beaufort Street, Perth)
• Harrindale R (Corby suggests this surname has been mis-spelled)
• Harrington J
• Hardey J (His Place of Association recorded as Perth. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Hardey J)
• Hawtin EH (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth.)
• Healey JS
• Herrington A (His Place of Association was recorded as Geraldton, but his mother, Mrs Sophia Herington, lived in Kathleen Avenue, Maylands)
• Hume J
• Hill A (Corby could find no definite link to Maylands for any serviceman with this surname)
• Housley EL
• Jeffery J (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Arthur Henry Jeffery)
• Jenkin HW (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
• Jenkin WH  (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Jones T (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Terence Paton Jones, whose Place of Association was recorded as Busselton, but whose mother Mrs G Jones lived at 45 Seventh Avenue, Maylands)
• Kay H (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
• Larkin CW (Corby could find no record of a CW Larkin and suggests this may be a confusion with GW Larkin or or could refer to Henry/Hewy Larkin, whose Next of Kin, Cecil Larkin, lived in Guildford)
• Larkin G
• Leadon W (Corby suggests this surname may be a mis-spelling of Leeden or Leedam)
• Lemon JM (Corby suggests this refers to private Jack Noel Lemon. whose Place of Association was recorded as Double Bay, but whose mother lived in Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph lists Lemon JN)
• Lewis ET (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
• Manson W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Walter Neil Emery Manson, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth, but whose Next of Kin had previously lived in Seventh Avenue, Inglewood)
• Matthews JW
• Meadows HC (His Place of Association was recorded as Bayswater. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Meadows HC)
• McComish AG
• McInnerney, JA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Alexander McInerney, whose Place of Association was recorded as Kalgoorlie and whose father’s address was recorded as Main-street, Maylands)
• McTaggart GS (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant George McTaggart who had an allottee, HC Leister, living in Eighth Avenue, Maylands)
• McWhinney S
• McHutchinson T (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Mills JG (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Greenway Mills, whose wife Florence lived in Kirkham Hill Terrace, Maylands)
• Mills B (Corby suggests this may refer to Major John Brier Mills, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and whose wife Mary lived in Second Avenue, Mount Lawley)
• Mitchell HH
• Osterberg W (Corby suggests this may refer to Walter Hamilton Osterberg of Canning Bridge, who had a brother, nephew and niece living in Maylands)
• Page A
• Page J
• Payne C
• Peacock CE
• Peacock DH
• Pollard W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Vivian Pollard)
• Rapley AWH (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Richards EW (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Robinson C
• Ross C (Corby suggests this may refer to Colour Sergeant Herbert Clive Ross or 2nd Lieutenant Cyril George Ross)
• Sandeman JA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Albert Sandeman, whose brother George Arnold Sandeman lived in Stuart Street, Maylands)
• Scott, I (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Inglis Scott, whose Place of Association was recorded as Kalgoorlie, but whose wife Mrs A Scott lived in Crawford Street, Maylands).
• Scryver H (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Harold Sydney Schryver, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and whose father  lived in First Avenue, Mount Lawley)
• Secombe FW (The name  Seccombe F W appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant Frank William Seccombe, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and who had a relative living in Second Avenue, Inglewood)
• Seifkin O (Corby suggests this may refer to Bugler Otto John Siefkin)
• Senior F (Corby suggests this may refer to Gunner Frank Harold Senior, whose Place of Association was recorded as Northam, but whose father lived in Crawford Road, Maylands)
• Short LE ((This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Lieutenant Leslie Ellis Short, whose father James lived in Central Avenue, Maylands)
• Shortland L (Corby suggests this may refer to Corporal Herbert Leslie Shortland, whose Place of Association was recorded as Subiaco, Australia
• Shortland W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private William Shortland, whose father lived in Kennedy Street, Maylands)
• Slater HL (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
• Smith D  (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
• Smith HC (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Private Herbert Charles Smith, whose Place of Association was recorded as Cottesloe, but whose wife had lived in Bayswater)
• Stroschien OE (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Otto E Stroschein, whose Place of Association was recorded as Wagin, but whose sister lived in Eighth Avenue, Maylands)
• Sullivan T (Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant Thomas Sullivan)
• Thomas WE (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
• Thorne CH
• Thyer WH
• Todman EA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ernest Arthur Todman, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
• Tough A (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Alexander Tough, whose Place of Association was recorded as Bayswater. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph lists Tough A)
• Theraway W (Corby suggests this may refer to John or Daniel Fereday. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph lists J and D Fereday)
• Wedd C
• Whelan PJ
• Wilson H
• Webb W (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
• Wing RM (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ralph Wing, whose Place of Association was recorded as Melbourne, but whose father lived in Falkirk Avenue, Maylands)
• Young J

WWI servicemen with ‘Maylands, Perth, Western Australia’ shown as their place of association  in AWM records, but not named on the Maylands War Memorial include:

• Bamford CE
• Denney JA
• Jeffery AH
• Jeffery W

Other WWI servicemen associated with Maylands and therefore with its War Memorial include

• Ainsworth HJ
• Cadwallader, CP
• Everett J (James Seabrook) of 154 Railway Terrace, Maylands)

According to Bob Corby’s book Soldiers of the Maylands Cenotaph WWI 1914-1918 , the five most common prior-to-enlistment occupations recorded for these men  were:

• clerks (13),
• labourers (10)
• farm hands (8),
• blacksmiths (6), and
• engine firemen (6).

A tree near the war memorial planted by R.F. Lingard, President Maylands sub branch R.S.L., on 26th April 1970 was said to have been grown from seed of the Lone Pine at Gallipoli.

A plaque was added to the Maylands War memorial to honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans and victims of war.

For more information

See:

• our Maylands War Memorial Flickr Album for digitised images and  other digitised information
• our Maylands Honour Rolls Flickr Album for digitised images of Honour Rolls and  other digitised information
• our YouTube video of the 2017 ANZAC Day service at the Maylands War Memorial
• Bob Corby’s book Soldiers of the Maylands Cenotaph WWI 1914-1918 (available for reference or purchase from our association)
  
• the Australian War Memorial website https://www.awm.gov.au/
• National Archives of Australia website http://www.naa.gov.au/