| Content Note | Includes: letter from Rev. D.I. Freedman, Jewish Chaplain, ANZAC Corps to the D.G.R.E. requesting photograph of Capt. Blashki's grave be sent to the casualty's parents in Australia, 25th October 1917; letter from Mr Aaron Blashki, the casualty's father, to the D.G.R.E. acknowledging receipt of two photographs of the grave, and pointing out that his son was a captain and not lieutenant at the time of his death, 17th April 1918; letter from Rev. Michael Adler, Senior Jewish Chaplain for the United Kingdom, to the IWGC, drawing attention to the casualty's rank as captain, at the request of the casualty's parents, 8th October 1919; notes on interview between the IWGC, Rev. Dr. Adler and Mr A. Blashki, the father of the casualty, who made a special request for his son's name to be engraved in Hebrew on the headstone, 21st April 1922; note on the outcome of the 45th Commission Meeting where Dr. Hertz, representing the Chief Rabbi, made the case for Hebrew inscriptions, including the name of the casualty, be allowed as part of the personal inscription on a headstone, which was approved by the Commission, 25th May 1922. |
| Cemetery_Name | VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY |