Grave Locations - Ghana
Total Australian Commemorations in Ghana: 5 + 1 NAU
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.
Status Current as of the 24th November 2008
| Cemetery/Memorial
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No.
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Volunteer
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Status
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| CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY |
1 |
Walter Kudzodzi, Australian High Commission, Accra |
Complete |
| TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY |
4 |
Walter Kudzodzi, Australian High Commission, Accra |
Complete |
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| Australians Serving in Other Allied Units - WW2 |
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| CHRISTIANSBORG CIVIL CEMETERY |
1 |
Walter Kudzodzi, Australian High Commission, Accra |
Complete |
CHRISTIANSBORG CIVIL CEMETERY, Ghana OTHER UNITS
Location:
Christiansborg, one of the main suburbs of Accra, is 3 kilometres east of the city on the main coast road. Christiansborg War Cemetery is on Castle Road, near the State Building, Accra International Conference Centre and Black Star Square. The civil cemetery is adjacent to Christiansborg War Cemetery.
Historical Information:
This cemetery contains one First World War burial and five of the Second World War. There are also three non world war burials in this cemetery and the grave of one German prisoner of war.
CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY, Ghana
Location:
Christiansborg, one of the main suburbs of Accra, is 3 kilometres east of the city on the main coast road. Christiansborg War Cemetery is on Castle Road, near the State Building, Accra International Conference Centre and Black Star Square.
Historical Information:
During the Second World War, Accra airport and other airfields in the Gold Coast and Nigeria, were of major importance to the Atlantic Ferry - a process whereby much needed aircraft were flown by American crews from factories in America, across the South Atlantic, to West Africa. At Accra, the aircraft were handed over to the Royal Air Force, fitted and tested after their long flight, then flown onwards to the Desert Forces in North Africa. A separate service run by the South African Air Force flew bombers south to the Cape. No. 37 (Accra) Military Hospital was established at Accra during the war-time expansion of the Royal West African Frontier Force. Accra also contributed six Companies to the Gold Coast Home Guard, created in 1940 and disbanded in 1944. CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY was constructed in 1941 and was maintained by the Royal Engineers until taken over by the Commission towards the end of 1949. Graves from the following cemeteries have since been brought into this cemetery : Takoradi African Public Cemetery - 82 burials. Tamale African Cemetery - 43 burials. Tamale European Cemetery - 5 burials. There are now 416 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War in Christianborg War Cemetery, one of them unidentified. There are also three war graves of other nationalities and 18 non world war burials. The CHRISTIANSBORG MEMORIAL, which forms the entrance to the cemetery, commemorates over 450 men of Gold Coast enlistment who died in West African territory during the Second World War, whose graves are unknown or are so situated that permanent maintenance is not possible.
TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY, Ghana
Location:
Takoradi European Public Cemetery lies south of Takoradi airport, on the main road running westward from Takoradi to Axim, about 3 kilometres from the centre of town.
Historical Information:
The cemetery contains two First World War Commonwealth burials and 62 of the Second World War. In addition there are five war graves of other nationalities and 16 non world war burials here.
(Details: Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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