Lone Pine Memorial

    This is the main Australian memorial at Gallipoli, which commemorates 3,268 Australian and 456 New Zealand soldiers who have no known graves, and the 960 Australian and 252 New Zealand soldiers who were burried at sea. This memorial is unique as its location is situated on top of the Turkish trenches that were taken by the Australians during the battle of Lone Pine.

        The Lone Pine cemetery joins the Lone Pine Memorial, and contains graves of soldiers who gave their lives over the entire Gallipoli campaign, from the beach landing on the 25th April, 1915 to the days before the successful evacuation, on the 20th December of the same year. Due to the nature of the fighting that took place in and over the trenches at Gallipoli ie machine guns, bayonetes and crude grenades, it is not surprising that over 500 of the graves within this cemetary are unidentified.

                The name Lone Pine originates from a single pine tree which grew on the site of the battle. Before it was destroyed early in the battle, the soldiers called it Lonesome Pine after a popular song of that era called "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". However the seeds from the original tree were collected and taken back to Australia to grow.When this symbolic plant was mature enough, it was transported back to the site of the Lone Pine Battle where it now stands as a major feature of the Lone Pine Memorial.

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The Lone Pine Memorial Picture Gallery