UNDYING DEAD.
THE WESTMINSTER BURIAL. CHOOSING THE BODY. London, Oct. 29. Elaborate precautions are being taken to prevent the identity or regiment of the soldier buried in Westminster Abbey becoming known. Only one graves officer will know the secret, which he will be pledged to carry to the grave. A number of bodies will be exhumed on various battlefields. They will be brought together. When alone the officer will remove every badge and identity disc from all the bodies and make a final choice. The chosen body will be conveyed to England and the rest interred in a neighbouring war cemetery.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 243, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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103UNDYING DEAD. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 243, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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