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Cemetery Details
Location | Lae, Papua New Guinea |
Co‑ordinates | S6.7224677, E146.9976822 |
Description | Memorial Ave, LAE, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
LAE WAR CEMETERY is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in the centre of Lae. There is a RAAF DC3 Aircraft mounted in the LAE Botanic Gardens (shown on map). In the early months of 1942, Japan enjoyed a crushing superiority in the air, and it was Lae and its neighbouring airfields that were the objects of the first Japanese attack on New Guinea. Lae and Salamaua were bombed on 21 January 1942 by 100 planes, but the land forces did not enter the territory until 7 March, when 3,000 Japanese landed at Lae. The cemetery also contains two VICTORIA CROSS recipients
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The cemetery contains the graves of men who lost their lives during the New Guinea campaign whose graves were brought here from the temporary military cemeteries in areas where the fighting took place. The Indian casualties were soldiers of the army of undivided India who had been taken prisoner during the fighting in Malaya and Hong Kong.
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Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery
Service number QX55851
Private
47th Infantry Battalion AMF
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 8 Nov 1922
Service number 27332
Leading Aircraftman
Repair and Servicing Units
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 12 Jan 1922
Service number NX152874
Private
Born 25 Jun 1923
Service number NX24405
Lieutenant
2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 19 Jul 1920
Service number 420513
Warrant Officer
No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 5 Dec 1914
Service number QX31719
Private
2nd/5th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 21 Jun 1915
Service number NX111809
Private
2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 26 Apr 1917
Service number 282354
Squadron Leader
Born 28 Dec 1916