Hi Annie,
Re War Graves
Grandfather, WW1 Digger, severely wounded France 1917, recovered, returned to France, gassed, recovered returned to France etc, - walking wounded and returned to Sydney on ship arriving Feb 1919. Married April 1919, had just one child of the marriage, then sadly, dies of those wounds. His remains were interred Rookwood, in a family plot and his name added to a headstone with his wife's family. I wrote to CWGC recently to advise them of the location, cited exact details, reference numbers etc., so they could update that Roll of Honour.
Got email reply, explaining basically if he had been in plot by himself, and with headstone without any other names, then they would have been interested in maintaining the plot, but as he is there with others, they will not add the details to their records to protect the privacy of (his wife's grandparents!) the other family.
I had not asked for them to maintain the plot, I had asked for them to put the plot number and references on their records! When I wrote back to try to sort that out, I got a bland letter advising me of Freedom of Information provisions !!!
So, I wish you all the best of good luck in the CWGC tasks ahead !
Cheers,
MA
