Parliament House Canberra ACT 2602
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The Hon Alan Griffin MP
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Friday 8 August 2008
Media Alert
LOCAL MUSEUM’S LONE PINE DEDICATED BY MINISTER ON
93rd ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE
On the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Lone Pine, the Lone Pine tree at the Light Horse and
Field Artillery Museum in Victoria will be dedicated by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan
Griffin, tomorrow.
The battle for Lone Pine on 6-9 August 1915 was one of the bloodiest of the Gallipoli campaign.
Australia suffered over 2000 casualties and the Turkish around three times as many. Such was
the intensity of the fighting that seven Victoria Crosses were awarded for action at Lone Pine.
Pine cones souvenired from the site by two soldiers were brought home after the war and grown
from these seedlings. The Lone Pine planted at the Light Horse Museum is descended from
these seedlings.
PHOTO/INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY
Saturday 9 August 2008
Time: 10.30am
Light Horse and Field Artillery Museum,
200 Bessie Creek Road, Nar Nar Goon, Victoria
Available Minister Griffin
Minister Griffin and the museum curator Bernie Dingle will be available for interview after
the dedication service.
Media inquiries: Laura Ryan 0437 863 109
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