“STRIVE FOR PEACE”
MESSAGE OF WAR DEAD GRAVESIDE CEREMONY LONDON, November 2. The Times' Berlin correspondent states that there are 30 Australian graves and those of three New Zealanders among the 1172 comprising British war graves in the cemetery in south-western Berlin, where Bishop Fulham, as local Anglican bishop, concluded a memorial service. The War Graves Commission purchased the site in perpetuity, but it does not resemble any otner of the war cemeteries, 'because it is not cleared and there is no grass. It lies among; pine land on which turf does not grow. Consequently the commission has left the trees standing and has cleared the undergrowth. Thus the dead repose in rows in a natural woodland clearing, interspersed with pine trees. 'lhere were delicate reasons why the ceremony should be deferred, but the improved. Anglo-German relations enabled to-day's ceremony. It was of the simplest character and was attended only by the British colony, including the Ambassador and Embassy staff. The bishop, in the course of his address, said the dead, if they could send a message to the living, would use endeavors for peace. The service concluded with the singing of the National Anthem.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17099, 4 November 1929, Page 7
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