Pinjarra

Located on the bank of the Murray River,this town is 86kms.South of Perth on the South Western Highway and is the administrative centre of the Murray Shire which comprises 1813 sq.kms.The Memorial is situated outside the Shire Offices and comprises a rough hewn granite obelisk surmounted by a Celtic cross, the whole mounted on an octagonal base.On the front of the octagon is inscribed "Erected In Honour Of Our Soldiers Who Fell In The Great War 1914 to 1918" on the side directly to the rear is inscribed "Greater Love Hath No Man,Patterson P.P.,Tyler L.C., Campbell F " the other six sides of the base are inscribed with thirtysix names. The cross was manufactured by Eales and Cohen of Subiaco at a cost,including erection, of 330 Pounds and was originally sited in a small reserve alongside the bridge that crosses the Murray River at the Northern entrance to the Town, a German trench mortar was also located in the reserve. The site was dedicated and the Memorial unveiled by the Govenor Sir Francis Newdegate in July,1923. In 1964 the Memorial was moved to it's present site, the fate of the trench mortar is unknown.