The Kings Park’s Honour Avenues are dedicated to over 1800 servicemen and women who died during war service and a full list of the individuals’ names and service information can be found on the Honour Avenues Group database. These living memorials are is located May Drive and Lovekin Drive, West Perth.
The planting of trees as living memorials, dedicated to individual service personnel, who gave their lives while serving their countries in time of war seems, became a strong, Australian tradition during and after the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. The idea was taken up in Kings Park by Mr Arthur Lovekin, an original member of the Kings Park Board with the first 404 dedications along May Drive occurring at a ceremony on 3 August 1919. Requests for new plaques continued and Lovekin Drive was added as an honour avenue in 1931, followed by Marri Walk in 1999.
