GRAVES OF SOLDIERS.
DESIGN FOR HE.-‘;D§TONE.
VVELLINGTON, April 15.
One 01‘ the details of the Defence Administk-atioxx which Sir James Al- - hopes to complete before he leaves for England is that relatillg. to adoption of a uniform ‘headstone for graves of soldiers in New_ Zealand and in
places near New Zealand, such as Samoa. A meeting or the New Zealand War Graves (‘.ollllnittee. was held today, after which the Minister stated that the committee had selected a de-
sign As to the position regarding. lieadstoiies for the graves of New Zealand soldiers hm-iecl abroad, he said that for the present all such work was being done by the Imperial Wal' Graves Commission. The New Zealand Government had been paying to the Commission a considerable sum for the identification -of graves of New Zealand soldiers in France, Gnllipoli, and Palestine. He. was not sure yet whether it would be possible for New Zealaml. to provide 21 distinctive stone for the graves of her own men, be cause he did not know exactly how far the Imperial War Graves COlll- - had gone in the selection of a. rlesign.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3465, 20 April 1920, Page 7
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