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Gallipoli Pine
Gallipoli Pine

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

The Gallipoli Pine commemorates the 60th anniversary of departure from Albany of first troopships in World War One. During World War One, Albany was the assembly point for many Australian and New Zealand mounted troops before they left to fight in Egypt.

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:Apex Drive, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.025138
Long: 117.895105
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

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 2nd November, 1974
Front Inscription

GALLIPOLI PINE PLANTED 2nd Nov 1974
Commemorating the Diamond Jubilee
of the first Australian troopships
to leave Albany to take troops to
the Great War in 1914.

Source: MA
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