Grave Locations - Sudan
Total Australian commemorations in Sudan: 8 + 1 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 4th July 2007
| Cemetery/Memorial | No.
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Type |
Volunteer | Status |
| KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY | 8
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WW2
|
Captain Dave Holden, RCAF | Complete |
- |
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| Australians serving in Other Allied Units | ||||
| KHARTOUM MEMORIAL | 1 |
WW2 | Hamish Macintyre
|
Complete |
CEMETERY DETAILS
KHARTOUM MEMORIAL, Sudan OTHER UNITS
Location:
The Khartoum Memorial stands at the centre of the western boundary of Khartoum War Cemetery, adjoining Khartoum New Christian Cemetery, on the south-eastern side of Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan. The Memorial commemorates nearly 600 soldiers of the East African campaign of 1940-1941 who died in the Sudan, or in the advance into Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and who have no known grave. Consisting of a wall of Travertine stone about 42 feet long and 10 feet high with a central pediment, the Memorial has 8 Botticino panels on which the names of the dead are inscribed and a further panel below the pediment with the following words in English and Arabic: 1939 - 1945 THE OFFICERS AND MEN WHOSE NAMES ARE HONOURED HERE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY WHILE SERVING IN ERITREA, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA AND THE SUDAN AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY, Sudan
Location:
Khartoum War Cemetery, adjoining Khartoum New Christian Cemetery, lies on the south-eastern side of Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan. Standing at the centre of the western boundary of the cemetery is the Khartoum Memorial, which commemorates nearly 600 soldiers of the East African campaign of 1940-1941 who died in the Sudan, or in the advance into Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and who have no known grave.
Historical Information:
The cemetery is entered from the north through wrought-iron gates flanked by piers of Travertine. On the left-hand pier is a bronze register box. Sited axially on the entrance is the Cross of Sacrifice from which is glimpsed the Khartoum Memorial (covered in a separate Register). On the eastern boundary of the cemetery is a memorial originally erected in Suakin Cemetery by the Brigade of Guards in honour of their comrades who fell in the 1885-1886 campaign. There are also 2 special memorials commemorating 16 soldiers of the Shropshire Regiment who died in 1885 and were buried in Suakin Cemetery but whose graves could not subsequently be located. 22 special memorial headstones commemorate United Kingdom soldiers who died prior to the 1914-1918 War and whose graves at Amadi, Wadi Halfa, Jubi and Suakin are now lost. 20 other special memorial headstones commemorate 10 East African soldiers buried at Juba Christian Cemetery, 5 East African and 1 South African soldier buried at Kosti Christian Cemetery, 2 East African and 1 United Kingdom soldier buried at Sennar Christian Cemetery and 1 Belgian soldier buried at El Obeid Christian Cemetery, whose graves are now lost. Originally burials of both the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 Wars were made in outlying parts of the Sudan, but in 1960 the graves were removed to the new war cemetery, for which the Sudan Government generously made available an additional piece of land adjoining the existing war graves plot in Khartoum. Other graves, including those of soldiers and civilians who died before and in between the two wars, were also concentrated into Khartoum War Cemetery from several burial places in the Sudan. There are 73 Commonwealth commemorations of the 1914-1918 war and a further 322 of the 1939-1945 war. There are over 400 Non World War commemorations.
(Information: Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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