Shepparton Public Cemetery, Victoria

Cemetery Details

Location 5 Rudd Road, Shepparton, Greater Shepparton - Victoria, Australia
Co‑ordinates S36.36129, E145.37034
Description

SHEPPARTON PUBLIC CEMETERY contains one First World War burial and four from the Second World War.

SHEPPARTON WAR CEMETERY is situated within the PUBLIC cemetery and contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

The Shepparton Cemetery, at the time of the early European settlers used to be the existing carpark area above Princess Park and across from Shepparton Library. By 1878, it was clear that a new site would need to be developed for the Shepparton Cemetery. As the only hills in the vicinity were on Rudd Road this was the site selected as the new cemetery and continues to be the Shepparton Public Cemetery, almost 150 years later. The first recorded burial at the current site was Andrew Larson aged 3 years, buried in 1876.

It was customary for old cemeteries to be divided into sections according to religion. Shepparton Public Cemetery still uses this organizational format however people are free to choose plots in any section of the cemetery, regardless of religion. New areas, such as the Ashes Walls, the vaults and the Public Mausoleum are non-denominational.

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Names

Showing 4 people of interest from cemetery

WHYTE, Charles

Service number 4620
Private
5th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1880

GLANVILL, Roy Cosma

Service number 3518
Private
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1898

COXON, Ronald Edward

Service number 38012
Lance Corporal
Born 4 Feb 1938

BARNETT, Stuart John

Service number 5715206
Private
Born 1 Nov 1946

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