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22-April-2015
Plaque Inscription : 22-April-2015

Photographs supplied by Nancy Alford / Sandra Brown

A Lone Pine tree commemorates Private Joseph Maultby Furness who was killed at the Battle of Line Pine on the 6th August 1915. He was the first soldier from the Kangaroo Flat district to be killed in World War One.

Location

Address:Calder Highway & View Street, Kangaroo Flat, 3555
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.798727
Long: 144.243739
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military
Actual Event Start Date:06-August-1915
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Actual Event End Date:06-August-1915
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Front Inscription

Private J. M. Furness

Killed in action
6th August 1915
Lone Pine.

First District soldier killed in the Great War of 1914 - 18 

 

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Source: MA,RSLV
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