ANZAC

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 18, 23 January 1919, Page 6

ANZAC

I WORK OP THE GRAVES OOM- | MISSION.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

LONDON, Jan. 19

Mr Peacock telegraphs that he spent several days at Anzac. He saw many remains, especially on Hill 60, which were never buried. Officers and men feel that these should be immediately gathered up and interred. The New Zealanders have already done much marking of isolated graves. The following scheme has been drawn up, and is generally endorsed there:— The whole of the battlefield of three or four thousand acres, which is valueless for production, should be secured,, 'enclosed, and consecrated as an everlasting memorial. The trenches,- hospital sites, and distinctive features, should be preserved and reconstructed, the cemeteries cleaned up, and uniform stones placed at each grave. The outlying graves should remain undisturbed.''Exposed remains -should be gathered within sectors where regimental monuments should be erected showing the name s of the dead. An Australian and New Zealand trust should be created, charged with the maintenance of the battlefield, appointing permanent caretakers, the Dominions sharing the cost.