The project of upgrading the Avenue of Remembrence (Forbes Street) has commenced with some deceased trees being replaced and new tree guards erected commenced in 2008.
History of the Avenue of Remembrence
On 9 March 1917 a meeting was held in the Union Hotel to discuss the proposals for a memorial. The Meeting was chaired by L. Jones, with H. Cameron acting as secretary. It was decided that trees should be planted on both sides of Forbes Street as a memorial avenue. Tree guards were to be erected around the young plants upon which would be fixed plaques in memory of the town's gallant soldiers. The programme of planting was to be carried out by 1st August. G.C. Little was elected as President in charge of the programme, with T.C. Mcdlyn as his Secretary.
Some of these trees remain today with their memorial plates intact. Some have been damaged over the years or replaced. Some Anzac Days they are added to by the RSL. The young men who went off to face the atrocities of war with such gay abandon are not forgotten. The plaques commemorating soldiers from World War 1 on these trees read:
Eastern side of Forbes Street - Starting at Trundle Services and Citizens Club
E.G. Sutton; 5th Field Ambulance; 1914-1918
C.A. Hadley
499 Lieut Herbert Reginald Mailer - Enlisted 5 January 1916 as a PTE in 36th Battalion 3rd Division AIF; Former President RSS&AILA
5356 C.F.M. Johnstone - 2/79 LAD Enlisted 25 October 1939
NX51227 Pte R.H. Gault - Enlisted 26 June 1940. POW at Sandakan died 27 April 1945.
15687 Sapper Octavius Kenneth Eason Bloomfield - 10th Field 6 Engineers, 10th Brigade, 3rd Division; K.I.A. 16th November 1917.
Pte Thomas M. Olsen - enlisted 1915.
ANZAC Day
Sapper Lance Reid Eason Bloomfield - enlisted 1916.
D.W. Bell
N35588 GNR William Patrickson Bell - Was a single farmer at "Plevna" when he enlisted 3 February 1917; Born 1890 - Died 20 June 1958. Was Mentioned in Despatches on 2 July 1918.
481 Pte Alan Douglas Purdie - He was from NZ and a station hand when he enlisted on 19 January 1915. He was in the 12th Light Horse Regiment and his final promotion was to Lieutenant on 10 June 1918. The tree was planted by C Bottrell who was run a Newsagent - Hairdresser - Tobacconist - Refreshment Room which was burnt down in 1917.
53512 GNR Albert Garfield Trewin - Enlisted 15 May1918.
6916 Pte George Henry Emanuel Restall - enlisted 30 April 1917 Killed in Action 14 May 1918. Burried at Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette France. Remembered at Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Panel Number 83
15695 Lance Corporal Francis "Frank" Henry Berry - Enlisted 3 April 1916 10 Field Company Engineer. Married Janette Ainsworth in 1922 and lived on "Woodview" before moving to "Moothumbil" Nymagee in 1944 and to Sydney in 1950.
2166 Lance Corporal Edwin Francis Glover - Enlisted 23 February 1916 in 53rd Battalion, 4th Reinforcements. wounded at Bullecourt, France and died 3 May 1917 aged 21 years. Has no know grave but is remembered at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial and Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Panel Number 83
R.C. Faull
1862 PTE John James Constance - Was a stock man who was share farming at Botfields when he enlisted on 11 September 1915.
Lance Corporal Edgar Ernest Bird; Was a single farmer from "Glen Logie" Fifield when he enlisted on 22 August 1914. Edgar (Ned) Bird was killed in action at Gallipoli on 3 June 1915. His grave is in the "Shell Green cemetery" Gallopoli, Turkey and Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Panel Number 25. The tree was planted by F.J. Bird, 1 August 1917. Bird Ernest Edgar
6477 Pte Charles McDonald Cameron - Enlisted 9 May 1916 and returned to Australia on 1 November 1917. After discharge he returned to "Cloghan" owned by the Little Family.
63809 David J. Boyd - 101 Howitzer Battalion AIF; Born 17 August 1897 - Died 20 March 1973, aged 75. following the war he married Janet Everlyn and lived at "Curra Park" at Peak Hill. He built a house in Mentone St (Where Jean Wills lives). It is believed that he was the president of the Lachlan Shire in the 40s,50s.
63812 Pte Richard John "Oliver" Berryman - Enlisted 13 December 1917. In 1952, Oliver Berryman was the first President of the Trundle Sports council in 1952 and the Oval was named after him in appreciation of his untiring efforts to encourage sport and improve that facilities available in Trundle.
S. Townsend -
7822 SPR Daniel Boyle - Was a single labourer when he enlisted in Trundle on 5 June 1917 aged 40 years and 9 months. His unit was 2nd Tunneling Company. his siter was Bridget Mary Franks of Trundle.
Western Side from opposite Services and Citizens Club
W.M. Cousins -
ANZAC Day
Lieut. F.S. Cornett, M.C. - an Anzac; 6th Light Horse Reg; enlisted 1914;Cornett - Fred
Norman Scott Beuzeville; an Anzac; 6th Light Horse Reg; enlisted 1914.Beuzeville Family
982 T.M. Capell; 2nd Pioneer Battalion AIF; d.6.8.1950 aged 64.
L/Cpl Alfred Howard "Bish" Capell; Roumanian Croix de Virtue Militaire; 9th Lighf Trench Mortar Battery; 3rd Division AIF; enlisted 1916.
E.J. Little
1622 Pte John "Jack" Charles Jarrett - Enlisted 15 January1916. Jack Jarrett was married to Bub Aubrey and they lived at "Waveley" before selling it to D.W. Bell. When Jack was dying, he was taken to a swimming carnival at "Backwater" to see his niece swim who was a state champion. Legend has it that much money changed hands on the race which May Taylor (Collier) won.
3393 TPR J.W. Patton - 3rd Regt NSW Mounted Rifles, Boer War Born 16 September 1880 - Died 26 January 1969
C.G. Little
Sgt J.F Long; enlisted 1914. Long John Francis
NX92228 John Berryman Allez - 30 July 1899 - 28 March1963 aged 63. He married Daisy Trewin (Alf Trewin was her brother) and settled on "Buddah Croft". Served in WW2 in the Middle East with 2/5th Field Regiment.
34298 Gunner W.R.E. Leach - enlisted Feb 10, 1917; 31st Battery 6th Australian Brigade AFA, AIF; B.15.9.1892. D.23.8.1953.
A. Barnes
Parkes Street
51090 William Colin Cotter - Was the son of E. Cotter from Bogan Gate and friend of Mrs E. Long when he enlisted 13 December 1917. He returned to Australia on 12 March 1919
E.C. Lenehan - enlisted in 1916 and the tree was planted by Jas Williamson.
451 PTE Fredrick Harrington - He was a single farmer when he enlisted on 18 January 1916 and returned to Australia about 11 January 1918. "Soldier Harrington was a true Trundle character, an Englishman who served in the Royal horse Artillery before coming to Australia and the A.I.F during WW1. He was always neat, tidy and had a soldierly manner. he lived on the Racecourse as caretaker until his death in 1947 aged 88.
35632 GNR Albert Edgar Lambert - The son of Henry Lambert was a single farmer when he enlisted on 27 January 1917. He returned to Australia on 22 August 1919
Croft Street
6772 PTE Robert Henry Bell - He was a single farmer when he enlisted in Sydney on 15 March 1917
Sgt Edward Alexander Curr - enlisted 1916.
Pte A.O. Hollibone - enlisted 1915. Hollibone Family
51103 Pte Eric Llyod Forrest - Enlisted 1 November 1918. Eric was the son of Percy Forrest of "Filli Fogi" and "Elsinore (near Parkes). His brothers were well known Trundle residents, Cecil and Hugh Forrest. Eric was killed when an airplane flew over where he was working and the horses bolted cause him to become entangled in the machinery. The airplane was believed to be "hedge hopping" and was quiet low, causing the accident when the horses bolted.
Since the first trees were planted in honour of Trundle Citizens from WW1 others trees have been dedicated to other citizens who served their country when called.
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