Grave Locations - Tanzania
Total Australian commemorations in Tanzania: 2 + 5 Australian in Ohter Allied Units
RED - this indicates those cemeteries that have been completed.
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Status Current as of the 4th July 2007
| Cemetery/Memorial | No.
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Type
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Volunteer | Status |
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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2
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WWI
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Kevin Lambie
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Complete
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-
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Australian serving in Other Allied Units
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DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY |
1
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WWI
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Kevin Lambie
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Complete
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DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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2
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WWI
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Kevin Lambie
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Complete
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IRINGA CEMETERY |
1 |
WWI | - |
Photos Required |
MOROGORO CEMETERY |
1 |
WWI | - |
Photos Required |
CEMETERY DETAILS
DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY, Tanzania OTHER UNITS
Location:
The cemetery is on the right (eastern/coastal) side of Upanga Road, approximately 1 kilometre to the north side of Dar es Salaam centre, close to the sea front. (Upanga Road eventually becomes Bagamoyo Road) The cemetery fronts directly onto the road, about 250 metres north-west of the Sheraton Hotel when coming from the centre of Dar-Es-Salaam. The Pugu Road 1914-1918 Memorial, consisting of a single obelisk, is located to the rear left of the cemetery, and the Tanganyika Memorial, a set of five piers in a semi circle with name panels, will be found at the rear boundary of the cemetery.
Historical Information:
This cemetery was opened as a War Cemetery in March 1918, when the European Section of Ocean Road Cemetery was closed. After the Armistice British and German graves were concentrated into this site from other burial grounds, (Kidete, Lansi and Utete Cemeteries). Within the cemetery, at the far end of main pathway and behind the Cross of Sacrifice, stands the Tanganyika Memorial. This commemorates over 350 men who died in Tanganyika during the 1939-1945 War while serving in the East African Forces, whose graves are so situated that maintenance cannot be assured, or else cannot be located. There is also a screen wall feature commemorating casualties who were buried at Pugu Road Cemetery but whose graves could not be maintained. There are 230 Commonwealth burials in this cemetery 1 of which is unidentified.
DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania
Location:
Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery is located on the right (eastern/coastal) side of Bagamoyo Road, which heads north-west along the coast from the centre of Dar-Es-Salaam and is clearly marked. It is about 5 kilometres from the city centre, and a roadside direction sign indicates the turn off for Bagamoyo Road into the lane leading to the cemetery. Dar es Salaam War Cemetery was created in 1968, when the 660, 1914-18 War graves at Dar Es Salaam (Ocean Road) Cemetery had to be moved to facilitate the construction of a new road. As the graves in the former African Christian, Non-Christian and Mohammedan plots had not been marked individually, they were re-buried in collective graves, each marked by a screen wall memorial. (Memorial Gardens "B", "C" and "D"). In addition, the Dar Es Salaam British and Indian Memorial was moved and re-sited in Memorial Garden A. Also within the cemetery is the Dar Es Salaam Hindu Cremation Memorial During the early 1970s an additional 1,000 graves were concentrated into this site from cemeteries all over Tanzania, where maintenance could no longer be assured.
Historical Information:
Dar es Salaam, is today the capital of Tanzania (comprising the former states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar). During the 1914-18 War it was the capital of German East Africa, and here on 8th August 1914 occurred the first recorded British action of the First World War, when HMS Astraea shelled the German wireless station and boarded and disabled two merchant ships – The Konig and The Feldmarschall. The Royal Navy systematically shelled the city from mid-August 1916, and at 8 am on the 4th September the Deputy Burgomaster was received aboard H.M.S. Echo to accept the terms of surrender. Troops, headed by the 129th Baluchis, then entered the city. On the 12th September 1916, Divisional G.H.Q. moved to Dar es Salaam, and later No. 3 East African Stationary Hospital was stationed there. It became the chief sea base for movement of supplies and for the evacuation of the sick and wounded. During the 1939-45 War, Tanzania saw the creation of several transit camps within its borders for Commonwealth forces moving to and from the Middle East and India. There are over 1,700 burials of the 1914-1918 War and over 30 of the 1939-1945 War buried in this cemetery.
IRINGA CEMETERY, Tanzania OTHER UNITS
Location:
Iringa is on the top of a mountain, 505 kilometres west of Dar-Es-Salaam via Morogoro. To find the cemetery, start at the Municipal Offices and take the road for Dodoma. Within 100 metres turn right down the hill, past the Iringa Hotel (signposted). At the bottom of the hill turn right and the cemetery is immediately on your right set amongst trees.
Historical Information:
Iringa is a town in the Southern part of Tanganyika Territory, the capital of the Province of Iringa. It was captured in September, 1916, and an Officers' Hospital was posted in the town. Twelve burials were made in Iringa Cemetery from May, 1916, to December, 1917, and after the Armistice 135 graves were brought in from other burial grounds. The following were among the burial grounds from which British and German graves were removed to Iringa Cemetery:. MAHENGE CEMETERY (a German cemetery about 100 miles South-East of Iringa), which contained the graves of 42 soldiers of the British forces and three of the Belgian. TUKUYU CEMETERY (about 140 miles South-West of Iringa), a German cemetery which contained the graves of 54 soldiers from East, West and South Africa and Rhodesia. Tukuyu was formerly Neu-Langenburg. There are 131 Commonwealth war graves of the 1914-1918 war, including 1 unidentified South African, and 1 burial of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery. There are also 16 German burials of the 1914-1918 war, 5 of which are unidentified.
MOROGORO CEMETERY, Tanzania OTHER UNITS
Location:
Morogoro is situated 195 kilometres west of Dar-Es-Salaam. At the large roundabout on the main road from Dar-Es-Salaam take the turning for the town centre. Follow this road straight through the town and come out the other side on a narrow road lined with mango trees. About 1 kilometre from the centre of town, turn right onto a rough track (this is marked by a CWCG direction sign). After approximately 100 metres, bear left at the fork (also signposted) and the cemetery is about 50 metres along the track on your right, set back amongst trees.
Visiting Information:
The cemetery is not always left unlocked. A key is normally kept at the Morogoro Municipal offices.
Historical Information:
During the First World War, Morogoro was occupied by Commonwealth forces on the 26 August 1916 and the German civil cemetery was taken over for Commonwealth war burials. Between the beginning of September 1916 and January 1919, 177 burials were carried out by the five medical units which were posted in the town and which were, at the outset, assisted by German medical personnel and civilians. After the Armistice, 169 graves were brought in from other burial grounds, including the following: BUKU BUKU (or DINA BUKU) GRAVES, between Morogoro and the Mwuha river. The place was occupied in September 1916 and a medical unit was posted there. DAKAWA (WAMI RIVER), between Morogoro and Handeni. DUTHUMI MILITARY CEMETERY, between Morogoro and the Rufiji. The place was captured in September, 1916. KIKEO ROAD CEMETERY, near Kisaki. RUFIJI RIVER CEMETERY, near Chogowali. TULO CEMETERY, on the Mikese-Duthumi road. The place was occupied in September 1916. There are now 381 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery.
(Information: Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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