tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306049662016965664.post2630002964093159337..comments2023-10-11T22:53:44.404+10:00Comments on Marion's meepings: WW1 Diggers laid to restPaxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402369357419216865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306049662016965664.post-30982285548565649902011-07-20T21:01:41.300+10:002011-07-20T21:01:41.300+10:00<Coffeypot - that is a very good question and o...<Coffeypot - that is a very good question and one that had me doing mega web searches trying to locate an official answer - which I didn't find.<br /><br />I think today it is more of a combination of tradition (that the soldiers are interred into the official foreign soil Australian cemetaries near where they fell) and possibly economic.Paxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402369357419216865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306049662016965664.post-47462874863221943062011-07-20T13:05:46.537+10:002011-07-20T13:05:46.537+10:00Bully for them. I'm glad they have a hallowed ...Bully for them. I'm glad they have a hallowed resting place. Why would they not send the remains back to Australia,though?Coffeypothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601474604616163167noreply@blogger.com