One of North Otago’s memorial oak trees, a living memorial to those killed during World War 1, was felled in Severn St in Oamaru yesterday afternoon after part of the more than 100-year-old tree snapped in high winds. A Downer contractor said branches from the tree would be turned into mulch. The trunk was removed by truck late in the afternoon. The Memorial Oaks project is the only example of its kind in New Zealand. The tree that was felled was planted in memory of Trooper A.C. Burt, who died at Gallipoli in 1915.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 06, 2019 15:36 UTC