ANZAC MEMORIES
LONDON OBSERVANCE SIR lAN HAMILTON CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received April 21, C.35 p.m.) British Wireless KTTGBY. April 20 Anzac Day is to be commemorated in London on Monday at the Cenotaph. As Big Ben strikes the hour of one, wreaths will be laid in the presence of Sir lan Hamilton, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Lord Bird wood, supported by Lieu-toijant-Colonel H. M. Alexander, will lay wreaths on behalf of the British Army, the Indian Army and the Australian forces.
General le Long, French military attache, and Captain de Vasseau Dutour, French naval attache, will lay wreaths on behalf of the French Army and Navy and of the Corps Expeditionne d'Orient, and General Sir Beauvoir de Lisle on behalf of the 29th Division. Sir lan Hamilton, representing the British Empire Service League, will lay a wreath on behalf of all exservicemcn throughout the Empire. Mr. W. J. Jordan, High Commissioner, will officiate on behalf of the New Zealand forces. Other wreaths will be laid on behalf of the Boyal Navy, the Boyal Naval Division of the Merchant Navy and the Commonwealth of Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23019, 22 April 1938, Page 9
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192ANZAC MEMORIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23019, 22 April 1938, Page 9
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