Many war memorials across Australia have pine trees growing in their grounds.
It was year 1915 and the First World War was in full force.
The Lone Pine Cemetery at Gallipoli.
Only a solitary pine tree was left standing, but not for long.
In the battle that followed, the remaining tree was blown to pieces.
Some 2,300 Australians and 7,000 Turkish soldiers were killed in the Battle of the Lone Pine.
Detail from The taking of Lone Pine, 1921, oil-on-canvas, by Fred Leist.
13 years later, his mother attempted to grow some trees from the seeds and two seedlings survived.
A trench at Lone Pine after the battle, showing Australian and Turkish dead on the parapet.
Photo credit: Australian War Memorial
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Lone Pine at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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Lone Pine at Wattle Park, Melbourne.
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Sources:Wikipedia/Australian Geographic/www.lonepinetrees.com/Wikipedia
