As a result of being unable to obtain the addresses of next-of-kin of deceased soldiers in a- large number of cases, the Defence Department is in possession of quite a number of unclaimed memorial plaques and scrolls. Wnh, this exception the
work of despatachmg the memorials issued on account of those members of the New New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died overseas is practically completed. Plaques and scrolls are distributed under regulawhich prescribe, that the recipients are to be the nearest of kin of the -deceased at the date when the plaque and scroll were posted, and there is no question of legal succession. Those who are entitled to the memorials on account of soldiers who died overseas but have not received them should at once notify the Officer in Charge, War Accounts and Records Office, Wellington, v/ho is also receiving applications for-plaques and scrolls on account of those soldiers who have died as a direct result of war service subsequent to being discharged 'from the New Zealand Ex--ped 11ionnry Force.
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 725, 26 April 1922, Page 8
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