GALLIPOLI CEMETERIES.
GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED.
WHEN BRITISH WITHDRAW.
COMMISSION UNEASY.
By Telegraph--Press Association— Copyright A. and N.Z. LONDON, Macrh 22. Lieutenant MiMtenhall, New Zealand representative on the Graves Commission at Gallipoli, has arrived in London. He reports that work is proceeding satisfactorily. The commission is utilising Italian and Russian labourers, as the Greeks fled after the Smyrna catastrophe. Five cemeteries in the Anzae area are completed, except for the headstones, which have to come from England. Work on two cemeteries at Mudros, one at Syra and two at Constantinople are proceeding. At present Gallipoli is occupied by 15,000 British troops, and the Graves Commission is rather apprehensive of trouble when the troops are withdrawn. The Turks have constructed a railway across the peninsula to Anzac, enabling them to command both sides. The New Zealand memorial at Le Quesnoy was unveiled conjointly with the French memorial in Jung, General Joffre attending. The Messines and Graven/tafel memorials will be unveiled at the end of September.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18357, 24 March 1923, Page 9
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163GALLIPOLI CEMETERIES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18357, 24 March 1923, Page 9
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