The Western Australian Parliament had 122 members serve in either the First or Second World Wars, with five members serving in both.
| Name | Service |
|---|
| Arthur Valentine Rutherford Abbott |
Enlisted Perth Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 26 May 1916 - 1919
Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1 October 1935 - 1945 |
| Edwin Corboy |
Enlisted with 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF )25 June 1915 - 1917
Enlisted 2nd Australian Imperial Force 3 August 1942 - 1945 |
| Evan Morris Davies |
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 8 August 1917 - 1919
During World War II served with 5th Garrison Battalion 29 October 1940 – 1941 |
| Hugh Alan Leslie |
Served in South African Armed Forces in 1916 with Queens South African Rifles.
Immigrated to Victoria, Australia and then to Western Australia.
Joined the Army in 1940 and was stationed in the Middle East where he was badly wounded at Tobruk losing his right leg.
Discharged |
| Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker |
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF)16 August 1914 - 1919
With Australian Army Legal Division 1940 - 1942
With Royal Australian Naval Reserve as Able-Seaman from 24 June 1942 - 1943 |
Fifty members of the Western Australian Parliament served during World War I.
Eight parliamentarians undertook active military service while serving members of Parliament.
| Name | Years of Parliamentary Service |
|---|
| Harry Bolton |
1904 - 1919 |
| James Cornell |
1912 - 1946 |
| Archibald Gilchrist |
1914 - 1917 |
| Richard Price |
1909 - 1917 |
| Athelstan Saw |
1915 - 1917 |
| Bartholemew Stubbs* |
1911 - 1917
Killed In Action |
| Arthur Wilson |
1908 - 1947 |
| Evan Wisdom |
1911 - 1917 |
*Bartholemew Stubbs was killed in action in Belgium 26 September 1917; he was the first member of the Western Australian Parliament to die for the Empire.
Wounded in the Line of Duty
| Name | Service |
|---|
| John Hugh Ackland |
Served in France; wounded 5 June 1918 |
| Cyril Richard Cornish |
Served in France; wounded 8 and 14 September 1918 |
| Aubrey Augustus Michael Coverley |
Served in Egypt, 10th Light Horse; wounded 20 April 1917 |
| Leslie Craig |
Served at Gallipoli; wounded 7 August 1915 - left leg amputated |
| James Samuel Denton |
Served at Gallipoli, gained Distinguished Service Order; wounded 25 April 1915, 26 September 1917 and 22 May 1918 |
| Victor Doney |
Severely wounded in France 29 July 1916 |
| Frank Guthrie |
Lost leg as a result of wounds received 13 January 1917 in France |
| (Sir) Charles George Latham |
Served in France; wounded 8 March 1918 |
| John Daniel Moloney |
Wounded in France 25 September 1917; briefly invalided out |
| Thomas James Moore |
Served in France in 48th Battalion; wounded 5 April 1918 |
| Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker |
Wounded and gassed in France, 6 October 1917 |
| George Potter |
Served at Gallipoli, 2nd Lieutenant 1 July 1915; wounded 1 August 1915 |
| Richard William Price |
Gassed at Pozieres, invalided to England, October 1917 |
| Harry Stephen Seward |
Wounded Polygon Wood, 26 September 1917 |
| Frederick Lytton Warner |
Served with 44th Battalion in France; wounded 5 July 1918 |
| William Henry Francis Willmott |
Lost leg in France in action at Zonnebeke |
| Evan Alexander Wisdom |
Wounded in France |
Awards
| Name | Award |
|---|
| Lionel Lewin Carter |
Military Cross, Passchaendale 1917 |
| James Samuel Denton |
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) |
| Alexander Hugh Panton |
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1948) |
| Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker |
Distinguished Service Medal (DSO) |
| Richard William Price |
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1919) |
| Bartholemew Stubbs |
Military Cross |
| Frederick Lytton Warner |
Military Medal when on 31 July 1918 - "rushed the enemy machine gun positions putting the guns out of action" |
| Arthur Alan Wilson |
Order of the British Empire - Civil - (1948) |
| Evan Alexander Wisdom |
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (1916)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) (1917)
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1919) |