Cue
Like many other towns in this part of Western Australia, Cue was established in the 1890s upon the discovery of gold, at one time it was one of the premier towns of the Murchison boasting thirteen Hotels. In the 1920s gold production ceased and the town went into decline until some 20 years ago when underground mining started and the population stabilised at about 400. In the past Cue had no street Memorial as such but recently a small area named the Arthur Stanley Gurney V.C.* Memorial Park has been established in the main street next to the Shire Office. Comprising a paved area with seats and a boulder to which is attached a plaque detailing the personal details of Arthur S.Gurney who was born at Day Dawn Township in 1908. Mounted on the base that supports the boulder are two small plaques, the one on the right reads:
This War Memorial is dedicated to the memory of all those men and women from the Cue District who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our Country in all theatres of war - Lest We Forget
whilst the one on the left is inscribed:
Australia Remembers 50th.Anniversary
The people of the District of Cue remember the courageous efforts of those who served Australia in World Wars - Lest We Forget
The plaque pictured above was discovered in the Cue Tourist Office, originally it was probably mounted in the Parish Church.
* Enlisted Dec.1940 embarked for Middle East July,1941 and posted to 2/48th.Battalion in defence of Tobruk. Posthumously awarded Victoria Cross for bayonet attack on three enemy machinegun positions at the railway station at Tel el Eisa, Libya July,1942. Arthur Stanley Gurney VC is buried in the war cemeteryat El Alamein,Egypt.