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Private Austin PlummerPrint Page 
08-August-2023 : Headstone at Aeroplane Cemetery, Belgium (Jeff Powell)
Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland / Jeff Powell
The Norfolk Pine Tree commemorates Private Austin Strachan Plummer who was killed in action in October 1917 during World War One. He was a member of the 51st Battalion, and is buried at the Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
Location
| Address: | Rosevears Drive, Rosevears, 7277 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.341454 Long: 147.024703 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Tree |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 14-October-1917 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 14-October-1917 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1920 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAMemorial to Austin Plummer
Killed at the Somme
World War I
1914 - 1918
This lone Norfolk Island Pine stands as a living memory to a brave boy who was killed in action at the age of 16 -
He had received the ominus "White Feather" two days after he went into battle his young life ended
Planted by his uncle Victor Plummer about 1920
This area restored and maintained as a community project by the Exeter APEX Club
1994
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
