In 1961, Frank Green gifted land in Mahomets Flats to the City to be used for recreational purposes and at the time requested a memorial be created on the land that recognised his son Leonard T. Green and other citizens of the Geraldton district who lost their lives in active service in the First World War. (Frank Green served as the Mayor of Geraldton from 1917 – 1919; and again in 1923 – 1925.)
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| Image: Town site of Geraldton circa 1939 (Ref: AU WA S2168- cons5698 0672) Courtesy of State Records Office of WA Mahomets land was still visible on the old town plan (between Eliot and Moore Streets). | Image: Airbus, Maxar Technologies, Google Maps Mahomets Flats in 2024 |
Geraldton memorial for Private Leonard Green, fallen 100 years on
In January 1918, Australian Imperial Force recruit and 19-year-old Geraldton man, Private Leonard Green, died before he could experience
the horrors of World War I.
Pt Green had been stationed in Fremantle when he was admitted to the base hospital suffering acute pneumonia after catching a chill
on the train ride there.
Five days later, the tall, affable son of Frank Green — then mayor of Geraldton — was dead.
Adam Poulsen, Geraldton Guardian, 14th August 2018
At a later date, the gifted land was needed to facilitate traffic management. Leonard’s brother, Eldred Green, agreed to exchange the land with the Olive Street Reserve.
The Leonard T. Green Memorial Park section of the Reserve, was officially opened on 7th August 2018.
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| L-R: The Hon. Mark McGowan MLA Premier of Western Australia, City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn and Frank Green (Junior) at the official opening of the Leonard T. Green Memorial Park located on Olive Street in Mahomets Flats. Image source: City of Greater Geraldton website – news item 2018 | A Memorial Wall adorned with name plaques for the Geraldton men honoured for their service and ultimate sacrifice. | Another Memorial Wall adorned with name plaques for the Geraldton men honoured for their service and ultimate sacrifice. Images: Glenn Williams 20 July 2024 |
A stunningly stark sculpture is a focal point to the entry of the Leonard T Green Memorial Park.
Given the nearby plaque’s image, this sculpture is no doubt a symbolic representation of a devastated forest on a WW1, Western Front battleground.
Within three years of further upgrade within the Olive Street Reserve, the Lone Pine Project plans were well underway to enhance the WW1 commemorative site.
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Seeds for the trees were collected from a specimen planted in 1968, at Binnu Primary School, some 88 kilometres north. The Binnu Lone Pine was propagated by the Australian War Memorial, from a pine cone brought back from a Turkish trench during the Gallipoli campaign.
The City of Greater Geraldton Parks team and Community Nursery volunteers, have propagated and cultivated a large number of the commemorative, Lone Pine trees (Pinus halepensis), named in commemoration of that particular battle.
Image: ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt, Francesca Mann
25 April 2022
Whilst individual name plaques on the Memorial Wall, signify a Geraldton soldier who died during WW1, there are now 139 individual Lone Pine trees planted to commemorate each of them, for their service and sacrifice.
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