Grave Locations - Nigeria
Total Australian commemorations in Nigeria: 4
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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| KANO TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CEMETERY | 1 | -
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Photos Required |
| OSHOGBO CEMETERY | 3 | -
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Photos Required |
KANO TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, Nigeria
Location:
Kano, the administrative centre of Kano Province, is about 160 kilometres from the northern border of Nigeria. The Christian Cemetery is at Tudan Wada in the Bompai district of Kano, which lies to the north of the European business quarter of the city. It is situated at the end of Old Cemetery Road, not far from the airport and behind the Kano School of Health and Technology. The war graves are in the Bompai Section on the left-hand side of the path leading from the entrance gate on the southern side.
Historical Information:
Kano was an important military area during the war and the airfield was one of a chain used by the British and Allied Air Forces on the South Atlantic air route from America to Cairo. Most of the R.A.F. casualties were from No. 21 Operational Training Unit. There are 18 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here.
OSHOGBO CEMETERY, Nigeria
Location:
Oshogbo, in the Oyo Province of the Western Region, lies approximately 113 kilometres north-east of Ibadan. The cemetery is situated on the main road to Ikirun about 2 kilometres from Oshogbo railway station. Oshogbo became a military centre during the war and one section of the cemetery was used for war burials. In addition to 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war, the cemetery contains 45 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war and one post-war grave - that of a civilian belonging to the Colonial Development Corporation. There are also 2 Polish Foreign National burials. The war graves are located in the central section of the cemetery, and are on either side of a path leading from the middle entrance gate on the southern side; the war graves are marked by Commission headstones, while that of the civilian is privately marked.
(Information: Courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
Please contact the Archive Director for details and photographic requirements
australianwargraves@bigpond.com