DOMINION GRAVES
AIRMEN IN HOLLAND ATTENTION BY DUTCH FAMILY CONTACT SOUGHT (10 a.m.) LONDON. April 22. Dutch families who are caring for the graves of New Zealand and Australian airmen buried in the Netherlands are anxious to get in touch with the next J of-kin. _ The Netherlands War Graves Committee allotted New Zealand and Australian airmen’s graves to families who meticulously look after them, planting flowers and shrubs, keeping them tidy and decorating them on occasions such as Allied national days. These Dutch families are anxious to exchange letters with the next-of-kin of dead airmen who are known to be buried in Holland and to offer hospitality if and when members of the airmens families visit Holland. . Next-of-kin arc asked to send their names and addresses and the names and ranks of relatives and places of burial to the Netherlands War Graves Committee. 442 Keizersgracht, Amsterdam Central.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22312, 23 April 1947, Page 5
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