War Memorials in Australia
Hall Memorial Grove
Place: Hall,
Australian Capital Territory, 2618
District:
Southern Tablelands
(ACT)
Orientation: 16 km NE of Canberra
Location: Victoria Avenue from Gladstone Street to Halls Creek
Position: 35 10 28 S 149 04 35 E
Ref: 00029
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In the early 1920's 17 trees were planted in a memorial grove, honouring the men from the Hall district who served in World War I. Beside each tree is a square hardwood post with a plaque engraved with the name of a soldier.
Plaques reading from north to south
| Tree species | |||
| S. HALL | Radiata Pine | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| W. THOMS | White Poplar | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| F. SOUTHWELL | English Elm | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| S. MILLER | Aleppo Pine | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| P. J. | |||
| CARNEY | Pin Oak | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| J. | |||
| ROLFE | White Poplar | ||
| A.I . F. | |||
| . | |||
| N. J. SOUTHWELL | Tree missing | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| K. A. | |||
| CLARK | White Poplar | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| A. V. | |||
| SOUTHWELL | White Poplar | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| E. G. | |||
| CRACE | White Poplar | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| A. | |||
| BLUNDELL | Aleppo Pine | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| K. K. | |||
| KILBY | English Elm | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| C. | |||
| HOLLINGSWORTH | Roman Cypress | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| M. | |||
| BROWN | Roman Cypress | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| A. C. | |||
| KILBY | English Oak | ||
| . | |||
| E. BOREHAM | Canary Island Pine | ||
| A. I. F. | |||
| . | |||
| M. M. SOUTHWELL | Lombardy Poplar | ||
| A. I. F. |
Information current to September 2000
More info on M. M. Southwell at n1137.htm
Sources: Trees of the ACT ~ 16 by Robert Boden in Heritage in Trust, Journal of the National Trust of Australia (ACT), Spring 2000