13 October 2022
Rededication Service for Captain Ernest Charles Parry, 12/2904, Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium
A Rededication Service for Captain Ernest Charles Parry, 12/2904, Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F., took place on 12 October 2022 at CWGC Dochy Farm New British Cemetery.
Director for the Central and Southern European Area at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Geert Bekaert, said:
“Having been previously commemorated at Tyne Cot, it is our absolute privilege to formally recognise the grave of Captain Parry at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery today, more than a century after he paid the ultimate sacrifice. The CWGC ensures all those who served and fell are commemorated by name and we will care for his grave, in perpetuity.”