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Trooper Stephen ArbuthnotPrint Page 
01-May-2022 (Fiona Morrison)
Photographs supplied by Neil Follett / John Huth / Fiona Morrison
The pine tree commemorates Trooper Stephen Arbuthnot, a member of the 8th Light Horse Regiment who was killed in action at the Charge at the Nek at Gallipoli in August 1915 during World War One.
Location
| Address: | Maroondah Highway & Phillip Street, Bonnie Doon, 3720 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.026456 Long: 145.854781 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Tree |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 07-August-1915 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 07-August-1915 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2009 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis tree, Pinus halepensis, has been propagated from the original Lone Pine of Gallipoli.
It memorialises Trooper Stephen Arbuthnot, No. 876, 8th Light Horse Regiment, native of Bonnie Doon.
He landed at Gallipoli on 5th August 1915 and was killed two days later during a suicidal charge at The Neck, along with some 465 members of his unit.
Placed by the Redfern family, 2009.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
