The Launceston Memorial Avenue of Honour was established at Windmill Hill, on the 26/05/1962 to commemorate the service and sacrifice of local Launceston men and women who had enlisted during WW1 and WW2 .
The double row of mixed plantings of Chinese Maple and Cherry trees, draw the focus from the High Street entrance, west along the driveway to the War Memorial Hall.
Plaques at the base of each tree, represent some twenty or so service organisations that helped to fund the cost of the trees.
We’re collecting as much information as possible about avenues of honour and the people they commemorate, including
This collection is being used to contribute to the national online encyclopedia of Australia’s Avenues of Honour and the people associated with them. We welcome your contributions.
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TREENET’s Avenues of Honour project is a national initiative to document, preserve, promote and reinstate the original Avenues of Honour and to establish new commemorative trees, comemmorating Australia’s war service encompasing plantings from Boer War, WW1, WW2 and all subsequent conflicts.
