Gallipoli (Aleppo) Pine - Pinus halepensis

This rather bedraggled pine tree is recorded as being grown from a tree collected as a seedling from Lone Pine Ridge on Gallipoli. It was planted in King Edward Park by R. Hampton of Whanganui in 1966.

The original "Lone Pine" was destroyed during the fighting at Gallipoli but gave its name to a well-known, if dangerous, position on the peninsula.

Fred (The Apex) to Florrie (Hāwera) - 10 December 1915 (ARC2012-121):

P.S. There is a position some distance from us called “Lone
Pine” and it always put me in mind of the “Lone Pine” on the old South Road,
Hawera, but some day when the war is over and peace comes to the world once
again we will renew the old acquaintance once again, wont we?

The "Lone Pine" is often identified as a Turkish Pine (Pinus brutia) but it is also sometimes considered to be a sub-species of the Aleppo pine - Pinus halepensis var brutia.  

Related document:

Seedlings a living link to landmark (Taranaki Daily News 23 April 2015)