Terendak Military Cemetery, Malacca

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Location	Terendak, Melaka, Malaysia
Co‑ordinates	N2.291969, E102.093766
Description	The camp was built during the years 1957 - 1959 and designed to house the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade on their move from North Malaysia in 1959 - 1960. Some Australian and New Zealand casualties from the Vietnamese war were flown to Terendak and buried there. The remainder of the graves are those of British and Commonwealth troops and their dependants who died of natural causes during the Brigade's occupation of the camp, plus the remains of some service personnel who were exhumed from outlying cemeteries and reburied in Terendak. In 2016, the remians of 33 of the Australians, by agreement with their NoK, interred at Terendak were repatriated to Australia: Private Norman George Allen Private Gary Alex Archer Lieutenant Robert Graham Birse Corporal Robert Walter Bowtell Lieutenant David John Brian Sergeant Ronald Thomas Carroll Private Thomas William Checkley Private Christopher Clark Warrant Officer Class Two Kevin George Conway Private Ronald Eric Field Warrant Officer Class Two John Garrigan Warrant Officer Class Two Max Powell Hanley MM Corporal Reginald Hedley Hillier Trooper Tony Holland Private Neville Wayne Horne Second Lieutenant Alan Douglas Jellie Signalman Kenneth Charles Johnson Warrant Officer Class Two Ronald Victor Lees Corporal John Gregory Stinson Pearce Warrant Officer Class Two Thomas Dudley Phillips Lance Corporal Thomas Ross Lance Corporal Thomas Ruduss Corporal Francis John Smith Signalman John Darrell Tassell Private Mervyn Arthur Frederick Wilson Read more...