Eumundi Trees of Tribute

Avenue of Honour Address

Memorial Drive and Gridley Street.
Eumundi
Queensland  
4562

On October 6, 1917, the Eumundi Women’s Recruiting Committee planted six Queensland figs along Main Street (now Memorial Drive) and Gridley Street. With relatives of the fallen, they would add yet another 14 trees over the next two years. In total, 20 trees were planted, each representing a local, whose life was lost in WW1.

Image: courtesy Discover Eumundi Heritage and Visitor Centre

Each tree was originally protected by a 1.8m x 1.8m white paling fence, bearing a bronze tablet inscribed with the name, unit, place and date of death, for each soldier.

Of the 20 original Eumundi memorial figs planted to commemorate WW1 servicemen, only five survive. The rest have been replaced over the years with Camphor Laurels (Cinnamomum camphora), Magenta Lilly Pillis (Syzygium paniculatum), Illawarra Flame Trees (Brachychiton acerifolius) and a Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia). Original memorial plaques have also been replaced.

All current plaques are replacements.

Courtesy of the Eumundi Museum, click here to read a summary of the memorial tree planting events.

Honour Roll

NameMemorial TreePlaque
425 Private Herbert William Cooke
15th Infantry Battalion
Born in Maryborough, QLD 1893
Parents: Father George Cooke
Occupation prior to enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted
Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Aged 22

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686 Private Ferdinand William Clifton
9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Farnborough, Hampshire, England 1874
Parents
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted
Died of Illness – sunstroke, whist at sea aboard the HS Canada, 26 August 1915
Aged 41

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3113 Private Jabez Abraham
47th Infantry Battalion
Born in Hemmant, QLD 26 March 1893
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted 19 August 1915, Brisbane, QLD
Died of wounds, France, 21 August 1916
Aged 23 years
4784 Private Wilfred George Wells
25th Infantry Battalion
Born in Berry, NSW, 19 November 1897
Parents
Occupation prior to enlistment: Saddler and Harness Maker
Enlisted 29 November, Lismore, NSW 29 November 1915
Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916 (four days before his 19th birthday)
Aged 18 years

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5192 Private Charles Sylvester Stokes
47th Infantry Battalion
Born:
Died of Illness, France, 1 March 1917

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6237 Private Henry Clyne Christian
15th Infantry Battalion
Born in Dublin, Ireland, 28 June 1888
Parents:
Enlisted 26 January 1916
Home Town Eumundi, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Killed In Action, France, Bullecourt I, 11 April 1917
Aged 28 years
6703 Private Edward Hugh Allen
9th Infantry Battalion
Born in Woodford, QLD (circa 1889)
Mother: Alice Allen
Enlisted 1st June 1916, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment: Labourer
Killed in action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
3427 / 3426 Corporal Francis George Morgan
49th Infantry Battalion
Born in Hampshire, England
Father: G Morgan
Enlisted 3rd August 1916, Brisbane
Died of gunshot wounds, Belgium 19th October 1917

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2382 Private William Henry Armfield
49th Infantry Battalion
Born 1895, Mittagong, NSW
Mother: Eliza Armfield
Enlisted 28 March 1916, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Killed In Action, 5 April 1918, France.
5318 Private Frank Eric Colthup
26th Infantry Battalion
Father: Mr A E Colthup
Enlisted 21 January 1916, Brisbane
Killed in action, 29 April 1918, France

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2684 Private Thomas ‘Thos’ Downey
49th Infantry Battalion
Born 6 July 1881, Goulburn, NSW
Mother: Harriett Downey
Enlisted 7 June 1915, Nambour, QLD
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Killed in Action, 7 June 1917, Belgium
Aged 35 years
7089 Private Archibald Maltman McKintyre
25th Infantry Battalion
Born in Liverpool, England, 19 September 1887

Enlisted: 3 September 1917, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment: Fitter & Turner
Killed In Action, 4 July 1918, France
Aged 30 years

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1937 Gunner Walter Joseph Edward Gridley
6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born in Eumundi
Mother: Betsy Ann Gridley
Enlisted 23 August 1915, Brisbane, QLD
Occupation prior to enlistment: Sawyer
Died of wounds, France, 28 July 1918
2761 Sapper Norman Charles Smith
1st Australian Tunnelling Corps
Born in Gympie, QLD
Mother: Elizabeth Smith
Enlisted 24 January 1918
Occupation prior to enlistment: Hairdresser
Killed in Action, Rouen, France (body retrieved from River Seine), 30 July 1918

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6919 Private William Joseph Carroll
25th Infantry Battalion
Born in Brisbane
Brother: George Carroll
Enlisted 14 April 1917, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment: Hairdresser
Killed in Action, 2 September 1918, France
6967 Private Vincent Donnelly
15th Infantry Battalion

Mother: Elizabeth Donnelly
Enlisted 27 October 1916
Occupation prior to enlistment: Carpenter
Killed in action, 18 September 1918, France
7009 Private Cyril Frank Abraham
49th Infantry Battalion
Born 16 August 1890, Toowoomba, QLD
Mother: Elizabeth Cooke
Enlisted 19th October 1917, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment Miner/Surveyor’s Assistant
Died of Illness (bronchial pneumonia), 20 October 1918, Remy, France
Aged 28 years
3427 Private Thomas James Rubenach
4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born 1892, Wollongong, NSW
Father: James Rubenach
Enlisted 31 July 1915, Brisbane
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farrier
Died of Illness (pulmonary tuberculosis), 11th June, 1919, aboard the “Karoola”, Indian Ocean

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6571 Lance Corporal Aubrey Beverley Stuart-Russell
15th Infantry Battalion
Born 31 October 1892, Camooweal, QLD
Enlisted
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Died of wounds received in action, 4 July 1918, 47th Casualty Clearing Station, Hamel Wood, France
Aged 25 years

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CLICK HERE to read an Avenues of Honour article from 2020, about Private Cyril Frank Abraham.

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