Arrest made after war veteran plaques stolen, damaged

Awarua RSA president Ian Becker stands next to the grave at St John’s Cemetery from which the burial plaque of Rose Moore Hinchey, who served as a nurse in World War 2 and the Korean War, was stolen. PHOTO: ELLA SCOTT-FLEMING A man has been arrested over the theft of plaques from war veterans' graves at an Invercargill cemetery - some of which have been "damaged beyond repair".