Around 2230 people were reported missing across WA last year, equating to six people each day.
While many of them are found safe, other families can go months, years or even decades without knowing where their loved one is.
Hayley Dodd, Sylvia Caroline Rogerson, Raylene Eaton, and Jason Edge's families are among those still waiting for closure.
Overlooking the tranquil Administration Bay these names are now etched into the Mandurah Missing Persons Memorial, which gives the families a place of peace in an unfathomable time of turmoil.
Not having the normal comforts of having somewhere to go to remember their relatives, Zonta Club of Peel are giving families the chance to honour their loved ones at the annual Missing Persons Memorial service on August 7.
Peel Zonta Club event coordinator Margaret Wyatt said the memorial offers families of missing persons a place to go to remember their loved ones.
"Other people have a grave, a headstone, or a special place to go but families of missing people don't have anywhere because they don't know where their loved ones are," she said.
"This service and memorial acknowledges we are there and gives them a place where they can come and mourn as they have no other place to go.
"It gives them a sense of grace to be able to come here."
People in attendance at this year's service include Mandurah mayor Rhys Williams, Aboriginal community leader George Walley, Mandurah police, and Murray-Wellington MP Robyn Clarke, who will say some words at the service before attendees are invited to lay flowers.
"You only have to look at the family members and look into their eyes to think this is all worth while."
- Zonta Club of Peel event coordinator Margaret Wyatt
Mandurah police sergeant Anthony Nemeth, who will be attending the service, said the memorial was important in bringing awareness to long term missing persons cases in WA.
"To date WA has eight long term missing persons since the last National Missing Persons Week in 2019," he said.
"That is eight families still searching for answers, with police attempting to find these answers."
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Organising the service for many years, you can tell Mrs Wyatt is passionate about shining a light on these missing people who have left behind a grieving family.
"We want to bring awareness to the community about these missing people," she said.
"You only have to look at the family members and look into their eyes to think this is all worth while."
The service will be held at Mandurah's Missing Persons Memorial from 10am, August 7. If you want to find out more information about the service or memorial call Margaret Wyatt on 0417 998 706.
