What a filthy act, who would do this?
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FIVE trees in O?Connell?s iconic war memorial drive have been poisoned.
The small community has likened the attack on the desert ash trees to the desecration of Bathurst?s Carillon war memorial in the early hours of Anzac Day this year.
Local man Ian Doney said residents had noticed the trees were struggling for life and called in an arborist to assess their condition.
?The arborist said he could see the drill holes used to inject the poison before he even got out of the car,? Mr Doney said.
Four half-inch holes have been bored into each of the trees at regularly spaced intervals, poison pumped in and the trees left to die.
The trees were planted between 1925 and 1927 by the the O?Connell community to commemorate the 34 men and two women from the O?Connell district that served in the First World War.
O?Connell resident Jennie Clague said the avenue of trees, which run for almost a kilometre, was one of the few remaining memorials of its kind in the state.
?After World War One the people of the area raised money to plant this memorial through community events such as dances,? Ms Clague said.
?Once there were a lot of this type of war memorials throughout the country, sadly O?Connell?s is one of only a handful left in NSW.?
The O?Connell Memorial Drive consists of 120 desert ash trees.
It is listed as an official memorial on the NSW Register of War Memorials.
Oberon Council has sent a representative to inspect the trees and anyone with any information is requested to contact council on 6336 1100.
It is an offence under the War Memorials Preservation Act to damage a war memorial.
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Links to articles.
Five war memorial drive trees poisoned - Local - General - Western Advocate Shock at apparent tree poisonings ABC Central West NSW Uncertain future for historic O'Connell Rd trees ABC Central West NSW
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