BRITISH GRAVES IN ITALY.
-It can now be said that .very British Buldier who lie, buried on the iUluu front has been .nterred according to the rite* of the particular church to which be Longed." slys a report issued by the War Office. "The Graves Registration Unit has now teries the bodies of *** .f^Jg in 'No Man's Land on the baitleje»» of the Piave, Montelio, and thei W ,0 Plateau. Recently a.par y, ."eludingtta principal chaplain for Italy, the Kj. 0. S. Watkins, C.M.G., ™ te J *" *• cemeteries, and services have been con ducted over the bodies of those for whom Christian burial had previously been an impossibility. . .. " The cemeteries in which they he, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and iue forest! are among the most* picturesque and beautiful to bo found on any front.'*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17189, 17 June 1919, Page 9
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133BRITISH GRAVES IN ITALY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17189, 17 June 1919, Page 9
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