Grave Locations - Pakistan
Total Australian commemorations in Pakistan: 4 + 6 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 12th April 2008
Cemetery/Memorial |
No. |
Type |
Volunteer |
Status |
| Karachi War Cemetery |
3 |
WWII |
Michael Clark |
Complete |
| Rawalpindi War Cemetery |
1 |
WWII |
Michael Clark |
Complete |
Australians serving in other allied units |
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Karachi 1914-18 War Memorial |
1 |
WWI |
Michael Clark |
Photos Required |
Karachi War Cemetery |
5 |
WWII |
Australian High Commission, Pakistan |
Part Complete - 4/5 - 'RADCLIFFE-SMITH' missing. |
KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL, Pakistan OTHER UNITS
Location:
The Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial is located at the rear of Karachi War Cemetery, opposite the entrance feature. Karachi War Cemetery lies a few miles from the centre of Karachi, to the north-east on National Stadium Road and can be reached by taxi. It is now surrounded by the naval colony and is adjacent to the new naval cemetery. The easiest way to reach the War Cemetery from the city centre is to go the the National Stadium and follow the road leading to Dalmia in which the airport is situated. From the airport follow the reverse road from Dalmia to the National Stadium and the Cemetery is situated to the left hand side of National Stadium Road. Owing to constant problems the direction signs have been removed but attempts will be made at resiting them The memorial consists of a 15 metre semi-circular Jungshai stone wall 2.5 metres high, with 8 centimetres thick dedication and name panels in Botticino limestone, and a 6 centimetres thick sawn-stone paving. The names commemorated on the Memorial are of those who served in garrisons and died in Pakistan (formerly India) during the 1914-1918 War and who lie buried in civil and cantonment cemeteries (excluding those graves lying west of the river Indus), but whose graves have been found impossible to maintain adequately.
Historical Information:
THE KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL Index No MR 67 Karachi, formerly the capital of the Republic of Pakistan, is the country's only sea port and the main gateway for its trade. It is also the maritime terminus of the Pakistan Railway and its airport, situated on one of the trunk air routes of the world, gives it considerable additional importance. The city lies at the extreme western end of the delta of the Indus, on a backwater protected by a high rocky headland. To the north is dry, hilly country, while to the south creeks and mangrove swamps stretch to the sea. The War Cemetery is about 8 kilometres from the centre of Karachi on Stadium Road and is easily reached by taxi. It was created by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to receive the graves from a number of civil and cantonment cemeteries scattered through the north of Pakistan and the tribal areas, where their permanent maintenance was not possible. The imposing entrance of honey-coloured stone, quarried at Jungshai, near Hyderabad, is one part of a dual memorial the other part being in Delhi, to 25,000 men of the army and air forces of undivided India who died during the 1939-1945 War while on service in nonoperational zones. The Memorial is located at the rear of the cemetery opposite the entrance feature. It consists of a 15 metre semi-circular Jungshai stone wall 21/2 metres high with 8 centimetres thick dedication and name panels in Botticino limestone and a 6 centimetres thick sawn-stone paving. The names commemorated on the memorial are of those who served in garrisons and died in Pakistan (formerly India) during the 1914-1918 War and who lie buried in civil and cantonment cemeteries (excluding those graves lying west of the river Indus). The cemeteries in which they lie buried, and which have since been found impossible to maintain adequately, are as follows: ABBOTTABAD CEMETERY MARI-INDUS RAILWAY CEMETERY ATTOCK NEW CEMETERY MIANWALI CEMETERY CAMPBELLPORE CEMETERY MULTAN CANTONMENT CEMETERY GHARIAL CEMETERY MURREE NEW CEMETERY GHORA DAKKA NEW CEMETERY MURREE OLD CEMETERY HYDERABAD NEW CEMETERY (SIND) RAWALPINDI (WEST RIDGE) CEMETERY JHELUM CEMETERY RISALPUR CEMETERY KALABAGH CEMETERY SIALKOT EAST CEMETERY KULDANA NEW CEMETERY SIALKOT WEST CEMETERY LAHORE CANTONMENT CEMETERY SRINAGAR (SHEIKH BAGH) CEMETERY LAHORE (TAXALI GATE) CEMETERY UPPER BHARIAN CEMETERY LYALLPUR EUROPEAN CEMETERY UPPER TOPA NEW CEMETERY
KARACHI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan
Location:
The cemetery is a few miles from the centre of Karachi, to the north-east on National Stadium Road and can be reached by taxi. It is now surrounded by the naval colony and is adjacent to the new naval cemetery. The easiest way to reach the War Cemetery from the city centre is to go to the National Stadium and follow the road leading to Dalmia in which the airport is situated. From the airport follow the reverse road from Dalmia to the National Stadium and the Cemetery is situated to the left hand side of National Stadium Road. Owing to constant problems the direction signs have been removed but attempts will be made at resiting them.
Historical Information:
KARACHI WAR CEMETERY was created to receive Second World War graves from civil and cantonment cemeteries scattered throughout northern Pakistan where their permanent maintenance could not be assured. The cemetery contains 642 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The KARACHI 1939-45 WAR MEMORIAL forms the entrance to Karachi War Cemetery. It commemorates more than 25,000 servicemen of the forces of undivided India who died during the Second World War in non-operational zones. Their remains were accorded the last rites and disposal required by their various religions and their names are commemorated at memorials in Delhi and Karachi. No names appear on the memorials but a Roll of Honour at each site, one in Hindi, the other in Urdu, record the names of those commemorated. Karachi War Cemetery also contains the KARACHI 1914-18 MEMORIAL, commemorating 568 men who served in garrisons and died in Pakistan (formerly India) during the First World War and who lie buried in civil and cantonment cemeteries where their graves could no longer be maintained.
RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY, Pakistan
Location:
Rawalpindi War Cemetery, situated in the cantonment area, can be reached by taxi from Islamabad Airport or from any hotel in the capital city. It is part of the Protestant Cemetery known as Gorah Qabrastaan (The Foreign Cemetery). The nearest landmark is the Combined Military Hospital (C.M.H). A taxi driver would take a visitor to the Old Cemetery entrance because it is not possible to enter the War Cemetery from the Civil Cemetery. One should ask to be taken to the rear corner of the Cemetery where the War Cemetery entrance is situated. The War Cemetery occupies a triangle shaped corner of the main cemetery, but is fenced off from it. A taxi driver should be asked to take one to Gorah Qabrastaan in Lalkurti. There are no C.W.G.C. direction signs to this Cemetery.
Historical Information:
Rawalpindi War Cemetery contains 257 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, connected mainly with the operations on the North-West Frontier. There are also 100 burials from the Second World War.
(Information: Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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