Cannington
The Shire of Cannington straddles the Albany Highway a few kilometres South of Perth.The monument is situated in a small garden called War Memorial Park at the intersection of Manning Road and Albany Highway,it is in the form of an arch made of Donnybrook stone blocks. in the middle of the arch and set slightly back from it is a small monument made of the same materials as the arch. At the base of the front of the Arch is a foundation stone which reads "This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Francis Haig Newdegate KCMG,February 5th.,1921" with the following "This memorial was erected by the residents of the Queens Park Road District to the memory of the soldiers of the District who fell in the War 1914 to 1919". On the right and left columns of the Arch are affixed marble plaques containing fortythree names in all. The small monument is in memory of those who fell in the 1939 to 1945 War,the marble plaque attached to it contains twentytwo names.Originally the Memorial sported two machineguns mounted on the top but these were removed during WW2 for security reasons. The first site was outside the Town Hall but building development in the 1930s made the area too restricted and it was proposed to move it to another location,however nothing was done until the 1950s when volunteers from the RSL under the direction of H.A.Hick,stonemason,dismantled and re-erected it at the Albany Highway/Manning road intersection,at the same time incorporating the 1939-45 Memorial. Basic building materials for the new site were supplied by Cannington Shire who honoured the RSL request that cement imported from Japan should not be used.The first service at War Memorial Park was on Anzac Day, 1956.