GALLIPOLI GRAVES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1808, 29 November 1919, Page 9

GALLIPOLI GRAVES.

WORK OF THE COMMISSION. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and iV.Z. Cable Association. (Rec. Nov. 29, p. 40) LONDON. Nov. 25. The War Graves Commission is installed at Kilidbahr, 10 miles from Anzac and 15 miles from Helles. Colonel Hughes recently visited Constantinople and completed arrangements with the Turkish authorities to facilitate operations. Anzac will be the first spot treated. Already between 40 and 50 burial spots have been chosen, and also burial grounds at Helles, including all those in which Australians are buried. It wil be five months before the roads are fit for motor traffic. The whole scene is again one of active Australian operations, an epilogue of the tragedy of 1915 with the scene swept clear of all that was hideous. Only the silent "wooden monuments remain. The trenches are overgrown with shrubs and flowers. It is hoped that next spring everything will be in readiness for those who are able to secure transport facilities to make a pilgrimage to Gallipoli.