Salmon Gums
A small town within the Shire of Esperance, Salmon Gums is 800kms. East of Perth on the main road between Kalgoorlie and Esperance. The Memorial is located in the Arthur Guest Memorial Park alongside the main road and was built by the local residents in 2001 and unveiled on Anzac Day of that year. Below the emblem of the Australian Armed Forces are six brass plaques, the first refers to WW2 and bears thirtysix names of which three are shown as killed in action the next is for WW1 and carries four names under the heading 'Anzacs', all the surnames are'Lewis'* and three are shown as killed in action,the last plaque in the top row is headed 'R.A.A.F. WW2' and carries sixteen names. The bottom row have plaques headed 'Korea' - two names, 'Nationals' four names and 'Navy WW2' one name.
*see Esperance page