ANZAC DAY PILGRIMAGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17956, 5 December 1921, Page 8

ANZAC DAY PILGRIMAGES.

GRAVES IN UNITED KINGDOM. WORK OF ORGANISATION. The honorary organiser of the annual Anzac pay pilgrimages to the graves of Australian and New Zealand soldiers buried in tlje United Kingdom was a passenger by the Niagara, which left, for Sydney on Saturday. This was Mr. A. T. Sharp, who, with Mrs. Sharp, is returning to Australia after an absence of nearly 10 years in England. Mr. Sharp stated on Saturday that 700 New Zealanders were buried in England, and each since April, 1918, arrangements had been'made tor a pilgrimage «o the graves. The London branch of the Australian Natives' Association has set aside £500 out of the balance of the Anzac buffet fund in order that the expenses (printing, postage, etc.), of organising the pilgrimi age may be covered for at least another ,10 years. Mr. Sharp has arranged for : Jwo friends to act as honorary organisers. ! Mr. G. 8. Amos, care Ross and Glendin- ,' ning, Ltd., 24, Rop'emaker Street, London, | E.G., will represent New Zealand in carryI ing out this tribute to the memory of the, 160,000 Australians and 17,000 New Zea--1 landers who gave their lives for King and j country. - ' J "'Mr., Sharp, who is more particularly known to New Zealanders as one of the founders of the Anzac Buffet in London, was Land Settlement and Immigration . Commissioner for Victoria until March 1 ' last, when the Commonwealth Government . took over control from the various States. Ho was then appointed principal selecting officer and chief clerk in the new administration in London until it was fully organised. On arrival in Australia he will be attached to the Commonwealth immigration office, En route'he nas been studying Canadian immigration methods.