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May-2014
May-2014

Photographs supplied by Nancy Alford
The Gallipoli Pine commemorates those who died in service of were killed in action in World War One.

The Lone Pine was a solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915. Pines which are planted as a memorial to the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought in Gallipoli are also known as "Lone Pines" or "Gallipoli Pines", referencing the original tree.

Location

Address:Loch-Poowong Road, Loch Memorial Reserve, Loch, 3945
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.367618
Long: 145.712249
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:04-August-1914
Actual Event End Date:28-June-1919

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:July-1983
Front Inscription

This seedling Pine tree is from the Lone Pine at Gallipoli

Planted by the Loch R. S. L. in memory of the fallen of the First World War

Tree planted July 1983

 

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