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Two pine trees commemorates the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served at Gallipoli in World War One.
Location
| Address: | 760 Goodwood Road , Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, 5042 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.997113 Long: 138.592193 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Trees |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
| Actual Event STart Date: | 04-August-1914 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
Dedication
THE TWO PINES SITUATED IN THIS AREA ARE SEEDLINSG RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL LONE PINE ON GALLIPOLI AND WAS PLANTED TO COMMEMORATE THE BRAVE DEEDS AND SACRIFICES OF THE ANZACS
BATTLE OF LONE PINE
AT 5.30AM.ON AUGUST 6, 1915, AN OFFICER BLEW A WHISTLE AND THE AUSTRALIANS CHARGED FROM THEIR TRENCHES INTO A CLOUD OF SHRAPNEL AND A TORRENT OF BULLETS. SOME FELL BEFORE THEY CLEARED THEIR PARAPETS, OTHERS WITHIN A FEW STRIDES.
LONE PINE WAS CAPTURED AND REINFORCED, BUT THE A.I.F. LOSSES WERE EXTREMELY HIGH. MORE THAN 2000 AUSTRALIANS WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THIS SINGLE ENGAGEMENT. MOST OF THEM IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING HEAVIER THAN ANY OTHER IN WHICH THE AUSTRALIANS WERE TO TAKE PART THROUGHOUT THE GREAT WAR.
OF THE NINE VICTORIA CROSSES AWARDED TO AUSTRALIANS ON GALLIPOLI SEVEN WERE WON AT LONE PINE.
"Their name liveth for evermore"
