Soldier's Memorial Avenue

The Soldier's memorial Avenue was begun in 1918 to commemorate soldiers, mainly from the Hobart area. who died during WW1.There are 533 individually named trees and one for an Unknown soldier.
The soldiers are commemorated because of a family connection to Hobart, They served in over 100 different units. Six served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, three with the Royal Flying Corps and three more with the British Expeditionary Force. In all 35 Infantry battalions of the 1st AIF are represented. reflecting enlistment in other States or random allocation before embarkation.
12th Battalion - 167
40th Battalion - 60
26th Battalion - 49
52nd Battalion - 42
47th Battalion - 10
15th Battalion - 28

The pattern of trees in the Avenue reflects the chronology of the war for the 1st AIF and the chronology of grief for families. The worst month for Hobart families was October 1917 with 55 men losing their lives in attacks on Broodseinde Ridge.
1915 - 68
1916 - 135
1917 - 190
1918 - 136
1919 - 6

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