On August 6, just over 100 years ago, Australian forces led an attack against the Turkish trenches on the Gallipoli Peninsula and in just four days there were over 2000 Australian casualties in, what is now known, as the Battle of Lone Pine.
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To honour and observe the sacrifices made by the Australian and New Zealand soldiers Junee has planted a lone pine tree as a memorial.
President of the Junee RSL Sub-Branch, John Robertson, said a major motivator behind the decision was to educate the next generations on the sacrifice of the fallen heroes.
“One of the diggers came home with a piece of the tree and planted it,” he said.
“Once it grew it was taken to Canberra and now they are passing the seeds out and we got two.
“We planted it to remember the Australian diggers that fought there and we wanted to let the younger people know about the battle and have it in remembrance of those who never came home.”
The tree has been planted at the rear of the Junee Ex-Services Club to honour the sacrifices made by those troops. The battle was named after the solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey which marked the site of the conflict.
The memorial was planted by president of the Junee RSL Sub-Branch, John Robertson, squadron leader and vice-president of the Junee RSL sub-branch, Peter Hogarth, and president of the Junee Ex-Services club, Bill Hulm.
Annie Lewis
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