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COPIES OF INSCRIPTION'S ON THE CROSSES ON GRAVES OF NEW-ZEALANDERS BURIED IN THE COMBINED BRITISH AND FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY AT EAST MUDROS, IN THE ISLAND OF LEMNOS. tN MEMORY OP IN MEMORY OP L/Cpl. 12/30 Bigwood Copl. 1526 l!. Eli.is 3rd Rgt. Auckland Batt. N.Z.E.F. N.Z.M.R. died , Died 21.7.15. 23.4.15. Sapper 1/780 Mathias E. Tangney N.Z.F. Engrs. Bth N.Z.R. Died 7.1.15. Died 21.7.15. 2202 Pte. A. H. Edchngton Pte. 6/217 A. Doigk Ist Auckland Inft. Batt. N.Z.F. Died about 19 or 20 Aug. Died 10.7.15. S"t. 11669 H. Feeney Pte. 9/65 A. Mom, N.Z.M.R. N.Z.M.F. Pte. 4/373 Bateman, N.Z.E. Died 27.7,15. ' Died 30.7.15. Pte, 6/1562 H. Henderson Pte. 2/2129 T. Sutherland, N.Z.R. N.Z.M.F. Died 16.7.15. Pte. Payton, 9th Wore. Reg. Died 2.8.15. I'ti-. 8/2267 J. Fowler, N.Z.M.F. Pte. 1004 C. Davis Died 27.7.15. 3rd W.F.L. Pte. 11. Selwyn Pte. 12/208 C. Osborne N.Z.F. N.Z.R. Died 10.8.15. and Pic 6/1543 T. Clow Tr. 11/103 G. McLean N.Z.M.F. N.Z.M.R, Died 15.7.15. Died 13.8.15. Tr. 10/1061 R, Parkinson Ti-. 10/1561. Leonard N.Z.M.R, N.Z.M.R. Died 23.7.15. Tr, Ballantine N.Z.M.R, Pte. 10/1267 W. Takes Died 14.8.15. N.Z.R. Died 10.7.15. Note. —Crosses have yet to be placed over many of the graves in this cemetery. It will be seen that, there' are some obvious inaccuracies in these inscriptions, such as " N.Z.M.F." instead of " N Z M.R.," eve.

NON-DELIVERY AND DELAY IN DELIVERY OF MAIL-MATTER, Memorandum by Lieutenant MoCurdy, Officer in Charge ok the New Zealand Advanced Base Army Post-office, Alexandria. New Zealand Advanced Base Army Post-office, Alexandria, 16th November, 1915. Memorandum for Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes. In reply to your memo, of the Bth instant, 1 have to make the following report with regard to the non-delivery and delay in the delivery of mail-matter for members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force:— • Letters. (a.) Failure of men to advise this office of their detachment from unit in accordance with section 102, paragraph 2, Field Service Regulations, Part II (attached). (li.) Transfers from hospital to hospital. (<\) Delay in Malta before delivery. Thousands of letters were sent to Malta, and apparently the delay in delivery was so great that men had often been invalided to England or discharged from hospital before the letters were sorted. Numbers of letters were returned from Malta marked " Not known," and the men subsequently wrote and asked for them to be sent back. Colonel Esson's case was one. Mattel's have now improved since the establishment of a " Wounded " Army Post-office at Malta by the British Army Postal Service, and regular lists are furnished from that office showing the men admitted to hospital, invalided to England, and returned to the base. (d.) Lists are not furnished by base depots (except the advanced base) as required by section 102, paragraph 4, Field Service Regulations, Part II (attached). I have communicated with the Record Officer in London regarding the omission on the part of the Weymouth Depot,

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