SOLDIERS GRAVES
TRACING THEIR LOCATION. A particularly gratifying response has been made to a' recent 'official appeal to soldiers and others to forward to Base Records, Wellington, particulars of the location of soldiers' graves on Gallipoli. Many photographs and plans have been sent, giving infor ation which has abled tho exact location of graves to bo marked on the official plans with accuracy, although the wooden marks placed in position at the time of burial have disappeared. Many relatives of deceased soldiers received photographs of graves from friends of the fallen, and these now constitute valuable evidence of location, especially if the surrounding natural features aro shown, enabling the position to bo picked up on the plan. Baso Records officials ore sparing 110 trouble to follow up clues which will enable graves to be properly marked As an example,' ono friend of a dead soldier wrote that his old pal was buried at tho rear of a particular trench, which ho roughly sketched. As corroborative detail, he mentioned that the grave was just at tho spot at which the battalion mossongor on a particular dnto entered the trench about tho hour of darkness. This messenger was' traced by the Jlofence authorities, he was shown a pin point" plan of the area, and the relatives of the dead soldier will now havn the satisfaction of knowing that tho grave of their kinsman can be definitely located.-Tho Rev. Charles J. Bush Iving lias rendered good service by submitting a schedule of 51 graves of men buried by him on the Peninsula, with careful references to tho location on the official plan. All the information is facing communicated' to tlio officials responsible for locating, marking and recording the graves, so that memorials of a permanent nature may be provided.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 3
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296SOLDIERS GRAVES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 3
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