Sandstone wall
Lest we forget.
Roll
City of Fairfield Roll of Honour.
[Names]
Granite altar monument
Lest we forget
Bronze bowl monument
Lest we forget
Bronze sundial
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Lest We Forget. Smithfield RSL Sub Branch.
Older Lone Pine
This pine is from the Gallipoli slopes taken off the family of the Lone Pine a landmark made famous during the Anzac occupation of Gallipoli.
Younger Lone Pine
The Lone Pine Pinus halepensis.
Lone Pine of Plateau 400 was the scene of a major diversionary offensive launched by the 1st Australian Infantry Division on 6 August 1915. The Turks had cut down all but one of the trees that clothed the ridge to cover their trenches. The ridge dominated by the single Allepo Pine (Pinus halepensis) became known as Lone Pine. In three days of fighting the Australians lost more than 2000 men and the Turks losses were estimated at 7000. Seven Victoria Crosses were awarded.
Two Australian soldiers Lance Corporal Benjamin Smith of the 3rd Battalion and Sergeant Keith McDowell of the 24th Battalion souvenired pinecones from the ridge that found their way back to Australia. Seedlings were planted by their families, and one was planted by the Duke of Gloucester at the Australian War Memorial in October 1934. Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra propagates a number of trees from seeds collected from the tree at the Australian War Memorial. In 1990 two trees were taken back to Gallipoli with war veterans who attended the memorial service to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of Lone Pine.
This pine is a descendant of the original Lone Pine.
Dedication plaques
The McCarthy Memorial Park. Opened by E A Barry Esq 11.11.1979 President of the Smithfield Sub-Branch RSL and the Leo McCarthy Memorial Smithfield Sub-Branch RSL Limited.
The McCarthy Memorial Park was officially re-opened 3 September 2008 by Councillor Nick Lalich, Mayor Fairfield City Council “Lest We Forget' Sub-Branch Trustees: DW Newall, KW Cato, KJ Thomson.