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9.34.1 Transmittal of Wills. The Detaining Power has an obligation to help POWs withtheir wills. 818 In all cases, after death, POWs’ wills shall be transmitted without delay to theProtecting Power, and a certified copy shall be sent to the Central POW Information Agency. 8199.34.2 Death Certificates. Death certificates in the form given in Annex IV D to theGPW, or lists certified by a responsible officer, of all persons who die as POWs shall beforwarded as rapidly as possible to the National POW Information Bureau established inaccordance with Article 122 of the GPW. 820The death certificates or certified lists shall show:• particulars of identity, as set out in the third paragraph of Article 17 of the GPW, that arelisted on the POW’s identity card;o such as, surname; first names; rank; date of birth; and army, regimental, personal,or serial number or equivalent information; 821• the date and place of death;• the cause of death;• the date and place of burial;• where applicable, the fact of, and reasons for, cremation; 822 and• all particulars necessary to identify the graves or inurnment/columbarium location. 8239.34.3 Burial or Cremation and Inurnment.9.34.3.1 Medical Examination Before Burial or Cremation. The burial orcremation of a POW shall be preceded by a medical examination of the body with a view toconfirming death and enabling a report to be made and, where necessary, establishing identity. 824818 Refer to § 9.21.2 (Legal Documents and Assistance).819 GPW art. 120 (“[I]n all cases, after death, the will shall be transmitted without delay to the Protecting Power; acertified copy shall be sent to the Central Agency.”).820 GPW art. 120 (“Death certificates in the form annexed to the present Convention, or lists certified by aresponsible officer, of all persons who die as prisoners of war shall be forwarded as rapidly as possible to thePrisoner of War Information Bureau established in accordance with Article 122.”).821 Refer to § 9.4.3 (Issue of Identification Cards to Persons Liable to Become POWs).822 Refer to § 9.34.3.3 (Cremation).823 GPW art. 120 (“The death certificates or certified lists shall show particulars of identity as set out in the thirdparagraph of Article 17, and also the date and place of death, the cause of death, the date and place of burial and allparticulars necessary to identity the graves.”).824 GPW art. 120 (“The burial or cremation of a prisoner of war shall be preceded by a medical examination of thebody with a view to confirming death and enabling a report to be made and, where necessary, establishingidentity.”).623