LATE ITALIAN CONSUL
RETURNED SOLDIERS TO ERECT HEADSTONE (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Arrangements have been made by the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association to erect a headstone on the grave of Major Mario Dessaules. late Consul for Italy in New Zealand. ' Major Dessaules, who was Major-in-Charge of the machine-gun corps in the Leonessa Infantry Division during the War, died on 29th October, and after being accorded a full military funeral was buried in the Karori Cemetery. The consent of Major Dessaule s widow has been obtained and lettering approved by her will be engraven on the headstone, together with the \ late major’s regimental crest.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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105LATE ITALIAN CONSUL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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