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Anzac diary: William Malone

Chunuk Bair pine cone

Chunuk Bair pine cone

A mounted pine cone brought back from Chunuk Bair by Meg Craig (nee Malone), the granddaughter of Lieutenant Colonel William Malone. Malone commanded the Wellington Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli and was killed during the battle for Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915.

The engraved plate on the front reads: