This town is located 30kms.South East of Perth on the Albany Highway and is the administrative centre for the Shire of Armadale.The Memorial is built of red brick and is located in Memorial Park corner of Jull St. and Orchard Avenue,the bricks were donated by the Armadale Brickworks and it was originally erected in 1916 on land donated by Mr.F.Saw on the corner of 11th.Avenue and 4th.Road where it remained until the late 1950s when it was moved to it's present location. After the Great War an area of three acres in the town site was purchased for twohundred & fifty pound and a Memorial Park created, dedication took place on 26th.April,1920,in July of the following year an Avenue of Honour was created by the planting of 28 trees,each tree bearing a nameplate of a soldier killed in the War.Today the Memorial is enclosed in a half circle rock wall on the top of which are mounted individual stones bearing the brass plaques that were originally sited in the Avenue of Honour. To the left is a larger stone bearing a plaque which reads "Armadale Fallen Soldiers Memorial Park Avenue of Honour,The original plaques were placed at the base of twentyeight trees planted on 30th.July,1921 by family and friends in memory of the fallen" in the centre of this line of stones is mounted a brass plaque reading "Australia Remembers 1945 to 1995,This Plaque is a Memorial to the Men and Women of Australia who paid the supreme sacrifice during World War 2- Lest We Forget" on the right hand side is a larger stone bearing a plaque reading "This Plaque is a Memorial to the Servicemen and Women of Australia who paid the supreme sacrifice during the Conflicts in Korea,Malaya,Borneo and Vietnam-Lest We Forget" At the front of the Memorial proper on the first tier is a plaque which reads "A Record of the men from Armadale and District who volunteered and served in the Great War for the liberty of the World"This plaque also records that the first brick was laid by Mrs.H.Dale Cullen 12th.August 1916 and that the Memorial was unveiled by Govenor Sir Harry Barron K.C.M.G.16th.December,1916. Also on the first tier on the right hand side is a plaque in memory of those who served in the 1939-45 War, twentyone names are recorded,at the rear is a plaque recording the death in Korea of Private Gerald William Russell. The next tier up has plaques on all four sides which record the names of those who served in the 1914-18 War by districts,West Armadale,Bedfordale,Beenup & Byford/Armadale,a total of 149 names are shown with 25 noted as Killed In Action.In front and to the right is a flagpole bearing a brass plaque which reads "Erected by the Armadale Football Club in Memory of Fallen Comrades" four names are shown,this flagpole dates from the Great War and was erected at the time the park was opened.

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