THE ANZAC GRAVES:
ENCLOSING Off MOLE BATTLEFIELD' ■■■... '■■ ' AS EVERLASTING MEMORIAL By telograijh— Press Association--ObDj-rlßht' (lleo. January 22, 9.10 p.m.) Londoriy January 19. . Mr, Peacock telegraphs that lie' , spent several days at 'Anap'c. Efo saw; lliiiny remains, especially at Hill 60, which had never been buried. Officersand men feel that these should be iramydiately gathered and interred. The New Zealr.nders. have already done , huich. in marking , isolated graves, following the scheme drawn up. It is generally endorsed here that the whole battlefield of three or four thousand acres, whidi is valueless for production, should be secured, enclosed, and consecrated as. an everlasting memorial.. Trenches, hospital aitea) and distinctive 'features should he preserved- and; reconstnicted;. . The cemeteries should be cleaned up- and uniform stonesplaced on the graves. The outlying graves remain undisturbed. Exposed remains should be gathered within, sectors wherd regimental monuments should be erected, showing the names' of the dead. An Australian and New Zeilland trust should be created, charged with, .the maintenance of thebattlefield and the appointing of permanent caretakers, ■ "'the Dominions sharing 1 the cost.—United Service.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 101, 23 January 1919, Page 5
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177THE ANZAC GRAVES: Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 101, 23 January 1919, Page 5
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