Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia

Cemetery Details

Location Railway Road, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Co‑ordinates S31.968332, E115.796816
Description

Karrakatta Cemetery, sprawling over 98 hectares of land, is Western Australia’s largest cemetery.

This cemetery is centrally located just 7 kilometres west of Perth city centre and is easily accessible by car or train in the suburb of Karrakatta, in Perth, WA.

It was first opened for burials in 1899, with Robert Creighton.

It contains the graves of:-
- 106 Commonwealth service personnel of WW I
- 141 Commonwelath service personnel of WW II
-  besides a Dutch naval sailor of the latter war, divided between the cemetery's
   various denominational plots.

In addition, the CWGC has a memorial to 15 Australian service personnel:
- 2 sailors, 9 soldiers, 4 airmen - who died in WW II and were cremated at Karrakatta Crematorium.

There are also ten Victoria Cross recipients who are interred in Karrakatta.

There is a MEMORIAL WALL commemorating the Noongar and other Aboriginal servicemen killed in conflict and buried overseas during World Wars I and II.

The memorial wall was unveiled in January 2012 and is located in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Keeping Place at Karrakatta Cemetery.

The Keeping Place is a purpose-designed building holding the skeletal remains of Aboriginal people previously stored in museums around the State and the country.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

CRAIKE, Dorothea May

Service number STAFF...
Staff Nurse
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR)
British Forces (All Conflicts)
Born 1889

TILLY, Alfred Martin

Service number WX34350
Captain
Australian Intelligence Corps - Security Service
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 22 Apr 1896

WATSON, Harold

Service number WX13714
Driver
Born 8 May 1921

DAVEY, Trevor Albert

Service number 544282
Lieutenant
Lae Prisoner of War Garrison Company
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 1 Mar 1918

PADGETT, John Rush

Service number 546
Lance Corporal
44th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Nov 1881

MASON, John

Service number 1254
Trooper
10th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 31 Oct 1881

DE MAMIEL, Laurence Raymond

Service number 406274
Warrant Officer
RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 23 May 1915

COLLARD, Harold

Service number 3019
Private
3rd Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Sep 1893