OUR FALLEN HEROES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16213, 26 April 1916, Page 5

OUR FALLEN HEROES.

SOLDIERS' GRAVIES ABROAD, MEAN'S OF PRESERVATION. The Mayor of Auckland has been pressing upon the Government the question of tho suitable identification and marking of thei graves of the New Zealandera who fell afj Oallipoli. Yesterday Mr. Gunson received the following information by telegram from the Minister for Defence :— "Regarding tho graves of members of the Expeditionary Force who lost their lives at the Dardanelles, I have been giving considerable attention to tho matter for many months past, and LieutenantColonel Rhodes was instructed to give special attention thereto while in Egypt. Tho graves of soldiers buried in Egypt are being marked with suitable metal crosses and with brass inscription plates giving number, name, and rank. At Lemnos, the principal chaplain of tho Mediterranean forces has informed ma that ho hat kept a careful recorl of all members oi tho campaign. *' A central inquiry bunau was formed at Alexandria, where all his records have been sent. " The New Zealand records office iit Egypt has been instructed to furnish as early as possible all the particulars recording burials in Lemnos. I have jnsfc received copies of photographs of cemeteries in Malta for distribution to the next-of-kin of member? of the Expeditionary Forue who were buried there iron', the Dardanelles. Most of the graves have been marked with wooden crosses, and the Turks have been requested to respect them. Within Cho last few days I have received very valuable particulars recording a description of graves and tho nature, place, and date of death, the name of the officiating chaplain, date of burial, and the grave nit©. This information is nov< being classified."