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19-October-2013 (Graeme Saunders)
19-October-2013 (Graeme Saunders)

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders / Neil Follett

The tree commemorates the ANZACs who served in World War One. 

Location

Address:1 Main Road, Monbulk Primary School, Monbulk, 3793
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.876536
Long: 145.409756
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 23rd April, 2010
Front Inscription

Monbulk Primary School & Monbulk RSL
23rd April 2010

This ANZAC Tree was planted by our Flag Ambassadors
Tod Rutherford & Daniel Salan

In the company of our School Captains
Paige Whitworth, Darcy Myring, Emma Hill, Aidan Chapman,
Taylah Harrison, Nyrie Webb, Tom Eyvane, Lachlan Hancock-Wolfe

Ted Beard - RSL President
Sgt Alan Fincher - O.I.C. Monbulk Police
Tony Smith - Federal Member for Casey
The Honourable James Merlino - State Member for Monbulk

The Lone Pine was the name given to a solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, and is planted by our students in memory of the ANZACS.  Yarralumla Nursery Canberra supplied this tree sourced from the Australian War Memorial Gallipoli Tree which was grown from seed of the Lone Pine

Lest We Forget

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au