Military History

World War l

Access to all Service Records for men listed on the Bassendean War Memorial are available online at Bassendean (West Guildford) War Memorial in Perth, Western Australia | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ - Trove (nla.gov.au)

Service Records for soldiers who fought and fell and who are listed on the Bassendean War Memorial are available at Bassendean (West Guildford) War Memorial- Fought and Fallen, in Perth, Western Australia. | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ - Trove (nla.gov.au)

The Service Records are made accessible by the National Archives of Australia. Learn more about the Bassendean War Memorial at the Australian War Memorial’s Places of Pride and Bassendean Memorial Rose Garden.

West Guildford Artist at War, Corporal Reginald Walters

Local signwriter, Reg Walters came to Western Australia with his family in the mid 1880’s. He served with the Western Australian 10^th Light Horse Regiment as a regimental artist.

View an online exhibition The Project — Reg Walters: An Artist At War of his unique chalkboard works, based on his collection of photographs, souvenir cards and a diary held in the WA State Library. 

Learn more about the history of the district, Bassendean War Memorial, WWl soldiers and gallantry award winners, WWll service men and women and gallantry award winners and suggestions for local excursions for HASS students here.

World War ll

Many local men and women served in World War ll.

• Access a list of names of WWll service men and women, who were born in Bassendean, from the online nominal roll with online links to their war service summaries and commemorative certificates.
• Access a list of names of WWll service men and women, whose locality on enlistment was in Bassendean, from the online nominal roll with online links to their war service summaries and commemorative certificates.
• Access a list of fifteen names of WWll service women, who were born in Bassendean, from the online nominal roll with online links to their war service summaries and commemorative certificates.
• Access a list of twenty seven names of WWll service women, who were not born in Bassendean but whose locality on enlistment was Bassendean, from the online nominal roll with online links to their war service summaries and commemorative certificates.

A Timeline of Events about Community Contributions in Making the West Guildford Soldier’s Memorial

Local Soldiers Who Died in Service

Bassendean War Memorial Brochure