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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 31 December 1915, Page 7

Taking advantage of the Hon. James Allen's visit to Wangaimij Mr Howie on Friday (says the "Chronicle") 'brought under the Minister's notice the anxiety occasioned to parents and relatives of men at the front owing to -the seeming possibility of getting any information as to their condition. He mentioned the case of a number of lads from that'district, his own son -among them, who had been reported as wounded in the fighting from August 7 to 23. tjnit time, although repented efforts had been made to obtain information by cable, they ■bau been unable to 'learn anything as to tne fate of the men in whom they were intexisted. In reply, Mr Allen said it was' a very difficult problem, which they could not possibly control from this end. All' the information the department received was sent out to the next-of-kin immediately. The difficulty with regard to many men reported missing was that even these at the front could not find out anything about them. "Our'practice," said "Air Allen, "is never to report a man asdead unless we have received his identification badge and definite' proof that he was dead." Only the,other day he had ] received from a soldier a letter stating that he was a prisoner in Constantinople. ' That man had been missing for over four months, and it was only through his having written that 'the uncertainty as to his fate had been cleared up. The Red Cross and the Red Crescent in Constantinople wfci-e co-operating to give us all the information procurable, but it was a very difficult matter indeed. If. however, there were any cases warranting special enquiry, and such cases were reported to him, he could cause special enquiry to be made.

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