Grave Locations - Austria
RED - this indicates those cemeteries that have been completed.
BLUE - this indicates those cemeteries that have been offered for completion
BLACK - this indicates those cemeteries that have yet to be completed.
Total Australian War Graves in Austria - 30 Graves + 2 NAU
Cemetery/Memorial
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No.
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Volunteer
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Status
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KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
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30 |
Markus & Gail Rothlin |
Complete |
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Australians in Other Allied Units |
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KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
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2 |
Markus & Gail Rothlin |
Complete |
KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY, Austria
Location:
Klagenfurt is the capital of the Austrian province of Carinthia. The War Cemetery lies 3 kilometres west of the city centre and to the east of the Woerther See. From Klagenfurt go out of the town west along the Villacher Strasse, which runs parallel to the Lendkanal and then, after 3 kilometres, turn left into Lilienthal Strasse along which the cemetery will be found.
Historical Information:
There are now 10, 1914-1918 war casualties commemorated in this site, of these three 1914-1918 unidentified soldiers from India are buried in Plot VIII.Row D. Grave number's 14,15,16. Casualties previously buried in Innsbruck New Military Cemetery, Mauthausen Prisoners of War Cemetery, Muhldorf Prisoners of War Cemetery and Vienna Central Catholic Cemetery. In addition there are 589 casualties of the 1939-1945 war, 13 of these are of unidentified casualties.
(Details: Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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