GALLIPOLI.
.>_ NEW CEMETERY FOUND, , MISSING ANZAOS LOCATED By Telepaph.'-Fress Assn.—Copyright. Received July 4, 5.5 p.m. London, July 2. Colonel Hughes (the Imperial Gravea Commission's representative on Gallipoli) describes a curious recent discovery of a cemetery constructed by the Turks in the earliest days of Gallipoli. It wholly consisted of unsuspected graves of Anzae?, and a few British Navy men, and the cemetery lies three hundred yards eastward of Lone Pino. This cemetery was first located during the last tour of Gallipoli, far beyond the Anzao lines, made by Mr. Bean (the official Australian correspondent at Gallipoli during the fighting). An investigation of isolated gravea in the vicinity shows that the cemetery contains fifty bodies of the bravest Anzaos, who apparently participated in forward fightingDiscs have been found in the graves, which ensure identification in almost every case. The discovery shows the fate of men hithertft reported missing.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1920, Page 5
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