WAR GRAVES.

Otaki Mail, 23 April 1923, Page 3

WAR GRAVES.

that Anzac Day is here once J again, one's thoughts naturally turn to those quiet sleepers in far-off lands. who died for "Home and Duty," the following extract taken' from an English paper will bring comfort and solace to bereaved persons whose dear ones lie "on the slopes of Gallipoli." "somewhere in France." or in other parts where the late war was carried on. Although the extract refers only to British cemeteries in France, one feels sure that the care given to those particular hallowed spots will be also given to other "'gardens of sleep" in other parts, and it must be comforting for those who cannot visit the graves of their dear ones to know they are well-eared for. This is the extract:— "Great improvements have been made. by the Imperial War Graves Commission in the cemeteries on and near the battlefields of the Western front. 2s T ot the least important feature of this great work has been the substitution of stones in place of the old wooden crosses. whi«h formerly marked the last resting places of tliose who gave their lives for England. Sine hundred and twenty-three cemeteries are now completed., an,] ;he magnitude of the task will be understood when it is stated that over two thousand cemeteries have yet to bo constructed. The gigantic war cemetery at Etaples, which has now been completed, .contains twelve thousand graves."