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« on: 4 February 2012, 00:25:56 »
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NZ soldier laid to rest in Belgium
11:42 Sat Feb 4 2012
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The remains of a New Zealand soldier killed in World War I found in a field last year have been laid to rest with other war dead at a ceremony in Belgium.

The remains were discovered in a field last July alongside a New Zealand Rifle Brigade hat badge and other items. They have been accepted as the remains of a unknown New Zealand soldier.

"After lying in a foreign field for 95 years he is now with his mates buried with the honour and dignity befitting a soldier that fought for our country," said Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman, who attended the ceremony at Messines Ridge British Cemetery near Ieper, in Belgium.

Messines was the scene of very intense fighting by New Zealand Division, including the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in June 1917.

About 700 New Zealand soldiers were killed in action in one day alone.

The Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial at the cemetery commemorates more than 800 soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918 and who have no known grave.

The majority of these soldiers are listed as New Zealand Rifle Brigade personnel.

The service was also attended by Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rhys Jones, Defence Secretary John McKinnon, Mesen Mayor Sandy Evrard, and representatives from Belgian military, Flemish Foreign Affairs, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Royal British Legion


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« Reply #1 on: 4 February 2012, 07:25:46 »
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NZ soldier laid to rest in Belgium
11:42 Sat Feb 4 2012
by AAP

The remains of a New Zealand soldier killed in World War I found in a field last year have been laid to rest with other war dead at a ceremony in Belgium.

The remains were discovered in a field last July alongside a New Zealand Rifle Brigade hat badge and other items. They have been accepted as the remains of a unknown New Zealand soldier.

"After lying in a foreign field for 95 years he is now with his mates buried with the honour and dignity befitting a soldier that fought for our country," said Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman, who attended the ceremony at Messines Ridge British Cemetery near Ieper, in Belgium.

Messines was the scene of very intense fighting by New Zealand Division, including the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in June 1917.

About 700 New Zealand soldiers were killed in action in one day alone.

The Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial at the cemetery commemorates more than 800 soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918 and who have no known grave.

The majority of these soldiers are listed as New Zealand Rifle Brigade personnel.

The service was also attended by Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rhys Jones, Defence Secretary John McKinnon, Mesen Mayor Sandy Evrard, and representatives from Belgian military, Flemish Foreign Affairs, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Royal British Legion


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the soldiers/fallen of WWI are indeed treated well in Flanders, there is alot of respect from people towards the graves and cemeteries
RIP soldier  salute4
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I am not sure if the video will work but here is the news report.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kiwi-killed-in-wwi-laid-rest-after-95-years-4711282/video?vid=4711667
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(as I said before)... since you are interested in WWI you SHOULD/MUST visit Ypres, the cemeteries and the Menin Gate/Last Post at least once in your life

I'll gladly help you out and guide you around  standsalute


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(as I said before)... since you are interested in WWI you SHOULD/MUST visit Ypres, the cemeteries and the Menin Gate/Last Post at least once in your life

I'll gladly help you out and guide you around  standsalute



It is on the schedule I have focused on WW2 memorials since my immediate family fought in that but both my Grandfathers served in WW1 both at Gallipoli and on the Western Front as Rifleman and neither received a scratch in combat but one came down with an illness that hospitalised him for 6 months (I have a very lucky family in terms of warfare).

I am booked for the 100th Gallipoli commemorations in 2015 and after that we will look at a couple of months in Europe.
 
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(as I said before)... since you are interested in WWI you SHOULD/MUST visit Ypres, the cemeteries and the Menin Gate/Last Post at least once in your life

I'll gladly help you out and guide you around  standsalute



It is on the schedule I have focused on WW2 memorials since my immediate family fought in that but both my Grandfathers served in WW1 both at Gallipoli and on the Western Front as Rifleman and neither received a scratch in combat but one came down with an illness that hospitalised him for 6 months (I have a very lucky family in terms of warfare).

I am booked for the 100th Gallipoli commemorations in 2015 and after that we will look at a couple of months in Europe.
 

there are celebrations planned from 2014 till 2018 in Flanders
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Well I should make it before 2018 but we are focused on the Gallipoli trip as that has the most meaning to New Zealanders and it is currently running at $48,000 for the two of us, after that I imagine Europe will be back on the radar.
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Well I should make it before 2018 but we are focused on the Gallipoli trip as that has the most meaning to New Zealanders and it is currently running at $48,000 for the two of us, after that I imagine Europe will be back on the radar.


good, with some assistance the Flanders holidays should be much more 'economical'  hihi
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