Trees originating from the pine cone Sgt McDowell brought home, including the one at the Shrine of Remembrance, have been identified as the native Turkish pine (Pinus brutia).At first it was ...

After the battle of Lone Pine at Gallipoli, an Australian veteran brought home a single pine cone. Now, a tall Turkish pine stands in commemoration of the Anzacs in Warrnambool, Victoria.

“Pinus brutia [pine tree] that was growing in the area and in natural distribution with sparsely scattered trees, is expected to show natural regeneration on its own,” Constantinou explained.

Australia's oldest Lone Pine tree, the towering pinus brutia in Burwood's Wattle Park, commemorates one of the fiercest hand-to-hand combat battles of World War I.