WAR GRAVES.
Mr P. It. Horrington, of the Hondo n office of the Imperial War Graves Commission, returned to Australia recently for the first time since the war. Mf Herrington said that in the United Kingdom 52,100 headstones had been erected in more than 8000 cemeteries’ and churchyards, and this work was still proceeding. In France and Belgium 672,001) headstones had been erected in more than 2500 cemeteries. Memorials had recorded the names of 1,804,000 officers and men of the Empire whose graves were not known. A permanent maintenance fund had been established with £5,000,000 endowment, in order to ensure the permanent maintenance of tire graves and memorials. The participating Governments, those of Great Britain and the Dominions, contributed a percentage each, Great Britain accepting 81.52 per cent, of the burden. Mr Horrington said that all the construction, work had been finished, and it was now a Question of permanent maintenance. Jodies were still occasionally dug up by French farmers, and, if it was possible to identify them, relatives were informed •
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12619, 11 April 1934, Page 2
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