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done in fear of the consequences likely to ensue by the visit of a delegate from the Pope. They had fenced these cemeteries and had constructed a series of regular mounds, irrespective of how many were buried, upon which the delegate was invited to inspect the good work & take photos for publication. For some time a party of the Graves Registration Corps had been at work with wonderful results, their greatest difficulty being these places that the Turks had looked after. By records & private information available, the officer in Charge had traced the large majority although no Crosses existed, but owing to the earth being loose over a grave, the grass appeared different & a depression could be seen & thus could be found the different graves. The Australians had 8000 killed on the Peninsular 7000 being left there. Of these 5500 had been buried in Cemeteries & of these 4700 had been definitely identified. The resting place of the others was chiefly in No Mans Land & few here could be identified altho. they still remained practically where they fell. The work of decently dealing with this matter he said would