Lae War Cemetery

Cemetery Details
Location | Lae, Morobe Province - Morobe Province, 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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Service number 82
Squadron Leader
No. 76 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 30 Nov 1912
Service number VX31032
Corporal
Born 19 Oct 1918
Service number SX18446
Private
2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 9 Dec 1915
Service number SX17337
Private
2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 7 Aug 1921
Service number VX15617
Lieutenant
2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 14 Apr 1919
Service number SX6624
Warrant Officer Class 2
2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 9 Jul 1919
Service number NX14765
Lieutenant
2nd/13th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 18 Oct 1907
Service number 401679
Flight Lieutenant
No. 4 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 14 Aug 1911