2/16th Battalion Unit Plaque
- Appointment
- Unit Plaques
- Unit
- 2/16 Battalion
- Plaque number
- L419A
- Co-located plaques
- L419 - 16th Battalion Unit Plaque
- Dedicated by
- 2/16th Battalion Association on 17 April 1966
- More information
The 2/16th Battalion Association dedicated the Honour Plaque on 17 April 1966. The Association’s Honour Plaque is one of ten unit plaques placed in the Kings Park Honour Avenues on that date following invitations sent to a number of unit associations, some of whom declined the offer. Prior to this, the only unit plaque in the Avenues was the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australian (now the Returned and Services League) Subiaco Sub-Branch plaque dedicated in 1920.
The plaque predates the 2/16th Battalion Memorial which is located in the vicinity of the State War Memorial in Kings Park and was unveiled on 29 March 1981 by the Premier, Sir Charles Court, and consecrated by the Battalion’s former chaplain, Monsignor C Cunningham. The memorial has an associated time capsule, stored at the Army Museum of Western Australia, which will be opened on the 2/16th Battalion’s centenary on 16 May 2040.
The Roll of Honour for 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion can be found on the Australian War Memorial (AWM) Website. A brief history of the Battalion also can be found on the AWM Web site.
The soldiers of the 2/16th Australian Infantry battalion are remembered with honour.
The list of individual honour plaques in Kings Park for members of the Battalion can be found by using Search Tools / Filter by Unit and selecting for 2/16 Battalion on the plaques database homepage.