N.Z. SOLDIERS
BURIED IN BELGIUM
BODIES EXHUMED AND RI
BURIED
TROUBLE WITH PROPERTY OWNER
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy riKlit)
(Received 10th March, 9 a.m.) LONDON', 9th March
A total of 480 bodies of British and dominion soldiers, including 128 Australians and 55 New Zealanders, have been removed from the war cemetery in Ploegsteert, Belgium, and reinterred half a mile away. The "'Sunday Times" says the owner of the original burial place, wishing to rebuild his home, objected to the cemetery within the grounds as detracting from the amenities of the. property. Ho refused to sell the land. This is the only case out of 462 war cemeteries in Belgium where any difficulty has arisen. The Commissioners, in full knowledge of the regrettable situation. approved exhumation and reburial, which was accomplished witli the utmost care and reverence.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 10 March 1930, Page 5
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