Grave Locations - Kenya
Total Australian commemorations in Kenya: 20 + 5 Australians in Other Allied Units
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 5th July 2007
| Cemetery/Memorial
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No.
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Volunteer
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Status
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| GILGIL WAR CEMETERY |
3 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete |
| KISUMU CEMETERY
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2 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY
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1 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| NAIROBI (FOREST ROAD) CEMETERY
|
4 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
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1 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| NAKURU NORTH CEMETERY
|
7 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY
|
2 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| Australians serving in Other Allied Units
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| VOI CEMETERY
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2 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL | 1 |
Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| KISUMU CEMETERY |
1 | Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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| NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY |
1 | Kevin Lambie |
Complete
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EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL, Kenya OTHER UNITS
Location:
The East Africa Memorial is within the Nairobi War Cemetery, which is on the south-western outskirts of Nairobi, about 10 kilometres from the city centre on Ngong Road, the main road to the Government Forest Reserve. The cemetery is adjacent to Nairobi race course and is included within the Ngong Forest Reserve. It is reached by way of a long driveway off Ngong Road and is indicated by a CWGC direction sign. The Memorial commemorates men of the land forces who lost their lives in the advance from the south into Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia and during the occupation of those territories, and who have no known grave. Along with them are honoured those who died during the operations in Madagascar in 1942 and who have no known grave. Besides those who died in these campaigns, many men who were lost in the sinking of the troopship 'Khedive Ismail' en route to Ceylon on 12 February 1944 are commemorated here; they include a great part of the 301st Field Regiment, East African Artillery. In the Cemetery, a lawn about 23 metres long and 9 metres wide is surrounded by a hedge. Within this enclosure is a pier which bears the inscription: 1939 - 1945 THE COLUMNS IN THIS ENCLOSURE BEAR THE NAMES OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED MEN AND WOMEN OF MANY RACES UNITED IN SERVICE TO THE BRITISH CROWN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ITALIAN SOMALILAND, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND MADAGASCAR, BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED A KNOWN AND HONOURED GRAVE Flanking this pier on either side stand two rows of columns, twelve in number, on which are carved the names. The columns are of a light pinkish artificial stone, the bases and capitals being darker in colour. Beside the pier with the main inscription there is a seat; this, and the entrance, are flanked by flower beds.
GILGIL WAR CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Gilgil is a small township in the Rift Province, approximately 120 kilometres from Nairobi on the main road to Nakuru, which is about 38 kilometres beyond Gilgil. On entering Gilgil take the turning right at the Petrol Station and drive for 2 kilometres. Take the dirt track left at the Railway Crossing and the Cemetery is 400 metres down on the left. The cemetery is signposted from the centre of the town.
Historical Information:
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 224 of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 30 non world war burials.
KISUMU CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Kisumu is on Lake Victoria, 350 kilometres north-west of Nairobi. The cemetery is on the north-western side of the town on the road to the Busia border post with Uganda. The dirt road to the cemetery is to the left (west) of the road out of Kisumu about 300 kilometres past the entrance to Kisumu airport. The dirt road to the cemetery runs between the Ministry of Works Depot and the Caltex petrol station. The turning is marked by an RDS (often damaged by passing lorries). The cemetery is around 500 metres down the dirt road, and is part of a larger disused civil cemetery.
Historical Information:
This is a civil cemetery used for War burials (chiefly by No. 4 Base Hospital) from July, 1915, to September, 1920. There are 9 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 4 were brought in after the Armistice, there are 9 German burials, all of the 12th September, 1914, which were brought from Kisii Boma. There are also 47 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war.
MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Mombasa is an island off the Kenya Coast. Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery is a large civil cemetery which contains war graves plots as well as scattered war graves. The cemetery is located on the southern side of Mombasa island, on Mbaraki Road. Entering Mombasa via the vehicle ferry at the end of Nyerere Avenue, take the second left turn into Mbaraki Road. The road continues straight for a distance before bending round to the right. The large civil cemetery is on the right hand side of the road on the inside of the curve. The Cemetery fronts directly onto the road, from which the Cross of Sacrifice by the Second World War graves plot can easily be seen. The First World War graves are scattered on either side of the path running from north to south within the large surrounding civil cemetery, either individually or in plots. Within the cemetery will be found the Mombasa British Memorial, which takes the form of an inscription on the base of the Cross of Sacrifice in the Cemetery. It records the names of officers and men of the United Kingdom Corps and Regiments (five of whom were attached to the King's African Rifles), of South, West and East African units, the West India Regiment and also the Rhodesian Regiment, all of whom died and were buried at sea off the East African coast.
Historical Information:
The War Cross, on the path running from West to East, bears inscribed on its base the names of those soldiers who died and were buried at sea. Mombasa was the home of No. 1 Base Hospital. (Near an old Arab fort at Mombasa is the "Wavell Memorial," unveiled in 1922, to the dead of the Arab Rifles. [not commission responsibilty]) There are 51 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war including 1 unidentified and a further 146 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery.
NAIROBI (FOREST ROAD) CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Forest Road Cemetery is a large civil cemetery about 3 kilometres to the north of the city centre, just off the main road to Thika. It is situated near the roundabout at the Pangani end of Forest Road. The main war graves plot will be found at the bottom end of the cemetery access road, and there are other scattered war graves within the cemetery.
Historical Information:
There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 73 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery. In addition there are 38 non world war burials.
NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
The War Cemetery is on the south-western outskirts of Nairobi, about 10 kilometres west of the city centre on Ngong Road, which is the main road to the Government Forest Reserve. The cemetery is adjacent to Nairobi race course and is included within the Ngong Forest Reserve. It is reached by way of a long driveway off Ngong Road, the turning being indicated by a CWGC direction sign. Within the cemetery is the East Africa Memorial (subject to separete register), which commemorates men of the land forces who lost their lives in the advance from the south into Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia and during the occupation of those territories, and who have no known grave. Along with them are honoured those who died during the operations in Madagascar in 1942 and who have no known grave. Besides those who died in these campaigns, many men who were lost in the sinking of the troopship 'Khedive Ismail' en route to Ceylon on 12 February 1944 are commemorated here; they include a great part of the 301st Field Regiment, East African Artillery. Also in the cemetery is The Nairobi Memorial.
Historical Information:
Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, and during the 1939-45 war was the headquarters of the East African Force and the base for the conquest of Jubaland and Italian Somaliland, the liberation of British Somaliland and the sweep north-westwards to open Addis Ababa for the return of the Emperor. It was also a hospital centre; No.87 British General Hospital arrived in June 1943 and was still there in December 1945, while No.150 British General Hospital was there for a period in 1943. The war cemetery was opened in 1941 by the military authorities. Besides the original burials, numerous graves were transferred to this cemetery from African civil cemeteries and temporary army burial grounds at Garissa, Gelib, Kinangop, Marsabit, Mega and other inaccessible places, so that it is now the largest war cemetery in East Africa. There are 1,952 burials of the 1939-1945 war comemorated here including 11 whom are unidentifed. There are also 81 non world war burials and 1 French burial.
NAKURU NORTH CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Nakuru lies 155 kilometres north-west of Nairobi, on the road to Kampala. On entering Nakuru take the right turn indicated by the direction sign just before the railway bridge. This road curves around behind railway housing until it reaches the cemetery. The entrance to the large civil cemetery is indicated by a direction sign, and the war graves will be found mostly within, or close to, the two main burial plots on the southern side of the cemetery.
Historical Information:
There are 27 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and a further 45 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery.
NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY, Kenya
Location:
Nanyuki is located about 165 kilometres north of Nairobi, on the north-western side of Mount Kenya. The cemetery is about 4 kilometres to the south-east of the town along a rough road. From Nanyuki's shopping area turn right onto the road to Mount Kenya Safari Club. The cemetery is down the road on the left hand side, set well back with the grassed entrance drive marked by boundary stones. The route is signposted from the centre of town.
Historical Information:
A Cross of Sacrifice is erected, there are 189 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war and 1 Ethiopian Foreign National. In addition there are 23 non world war burials.
VOI CEMETERY, Kenya OTHER UNITS
Location:
Voi is a small town approximately 160 kilometres from Mombasa and is just north of the main highway between Nairobi and Mombasa. Voi is reached by turning off the main highway and following the minor road to Voi centre. The cemetery is approximately 400 metres east of the railway station and there is a Commission sign opposite the entrance. The cemetery is surrounded by a green metal pale fence and is set back a small distance from the road.
Historical Information:
The cemetery was begun in 1899 and is still in use. Voi became a hospital centre early in 1916, and in the period August, 1915, to December, 1917, 100 War burials were made in the cemetery. 37 graves were brought in after the Armistice from Bura Military Cemetery (14 graves of the 2nd Loyal North Lancs, 29th September, 1915), Maktau Military Cemetery (17 graves, largely 3rd September, 1915) and Tsavo Military Cemetery (six graves). Of the 137 Commonwealth war graves, 1, that of a South African native soldier, is unnamed. A War Cross is erected.
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