WAR GRAVES IN GERMANY. GERMAN RECORDS UNRELIABLE

A CASE IN POINT.

(Received at 5.5 p.m. May 27). LONDON, May 26. Australia House is investigating a, complaint arising out of alleged obstruction by officers of the Graves Section in order to prevent a relative from Australia from attending the exhumation of the body of a soldier who died in captivity. Itt is understood the Australian authorities accepted the German report regarding the grave, but the relative made enquiries during a> visi to France, and became suspicious that the report was inaccurate, Tho relative applied for le»ve to attend, when in accordance with practice, the body was being exhumed preparaory to buria] in an Australian cemetery. The relative complains that obstacles were placed in the way, but finally, by British interventioin, he saw the grave opened. It then transpired the grave contained six Briti ; li soldiers, but no Australian. The mistake was obviously due to faulty German records.