The ANZAC Oak Planted – 4th August 1924
On 4th August 1924, an oak grown from an acorn sent home to Christchurch from Gallipoli (the birthplace of the ANZACS) was planted beside the Bridge of Remembrance by his Honour (Mayor) J.A. Flesher. Lt. Douglas Deans – from the early pioneering family and a soldier with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles – enlisted at the …
