Victoria

Springvale War Cemetery & the Victorian Cremation Memorial, Melbourne

Located within the Springvale Necropolis, the Springvale War Cemetery contains 611 war graves, made up of six sailors, four soldiers and two airmen of the UK Forces; 25 sailors, 386 soldiers and 182 airmen of the Australian Forces; one member of the Salvation Army (attached to the Australian Military Force); one member of the YMCA (attached to the RAAF); and three sailors and one soldier of the Netherlands Force. The names of 72 service personnel whose remains were cremated appear on the Victorian Cremation Memorial near the cemetery.

During the early months of WW2, this land was set aside for the burial of men and women of the services dying in the Melbourne area, by agreement between the Minister for the Army and the Necropolis Trust. Many of those buries there died of wounds in the Heidelberg Military Hospital after return from operational areas, others from sickness and accident.

Address:

Springvale War Cemetery
Springvale Necropolis
North Drive SPRINGVALE VIC 3171

Bairnsdale War Cemetery

Located within the Bairnsdale Public Cemetery on the south-west corner of the cemetery extension, the Bairnsdale War Cemetery contains the graves of 38 Australian airmen who died through illness or flying accidents while training. A Cross of Sacrifice stands at the far end.

Mildura War Cemetery

Located within the Mildura Public Cemetery on Koorlans Avenue, the war cemetery contains the graves of 49 airmen and soldiers of the Australian Forces. The majority of the graves are airmen killed in aircraft training accidents. During WW2, at the RAAF Station at Mildura, the No 2 Operational Training Unit for fighters introduced a most effective form of gunnery known as 'shadow' shooting. There are 69 war graves throughout the entire cemetery.

Sale War Cemetery

The war cemetery is situated within the Sale Public Cemetery at the end of a short avenue leading from the Maffra Road to the cemetery area. It contains the graves of 58 Australian Servicemen, of whom 56 were airmen from the RAAF Station at East Sale. The remaining two were soldiers. A Cross of Sacrifice stands in the centre of the area.

Tatura German Military Cemetery

This cemetery contains the graves of 250 German Servicemen and civilian internees. A memorial located within the cemetery records the names of 27 Germans buried elsewhere in Australia and also commemorates 129 Catholic and 45 Protestant missionaries. The cemetery is maintained by the Office of Australian War Graves, on behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, for the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Victory in the Pacific Day 2005 at Bairnsdale War Cemetery.

Remembrance Day at Tatura German Military Cemetery.

Springvale War Cemetery.

See

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)

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