The South African War Memorial, Kings Park, Perth today. It  was the first war memorial erected in the Park, and commemorates Western Australian soldiers killed in the Boer War (1899-1902). The new memorial statue was unveiled on the monument by the Governor of Western Australia , His Excellency Sir Harry Barron, on the 23rd May 1915. The statue of solid hammered copper was made locally by Messrs Wunderlich and Co and cost £450.