Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia

Cemetery Details

Location Pasadena, Mitcham - South Australia, Australia
Co‑ordinates S34.9966984, E138.592915
Description

Goodwood Road, Pasadena, South Australia.

Centennial Park Cemetery was established in 8 June 1936 to mark the centenary of South Australia, from which its name is derived.  It is the State's largest provider of burial, cremation, funeral and memorial services.

Derrick Gardens
There are over 3,500 memorial headstones within the Derrick Gardens within the cemetery.

Each year students from various schools and colleges join with members of the 2nd/27th AIF to place Australian flags on the graves of returned servicemen and women in the Derrick Garden at Centennial Park Cemetery.

World War II Cemetery
Within Centennial Park there is also a war cemetery, where 195 World War II veterans are buried.
Most of the War Graves in this civil cemetery are in special plts, which lie on each side of the central path (from the entrance of the cemetery), established by the Army in 1942 for the burial of those who died of wounds in military hospitals after the return from operational areas, and those who died during thier war service, of sickness or accident. In 1946, these war graves plots were taken over by the Commission, and a Cross of Sacrifice, the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, was erected in the centre of the groups of graves.

Set on 40 acres of parkland, Centennial Park Cemetery boasts an award-winning chapels complex, modern crematorium and more than 50 individually themed gardens, including South Australia's only memorial island.  

Since 1938, more than 85,000 burials and 149,000 cremations have taken place at Centennial Park Cemetery. 

Throughout the cemetery's history there have been many significant milestones, including the opening of the WA Norman Chapel in 1955, one of the State's first crematoria, followed by the establishment of a separate upgraded crematorium in 1983, which featured three new cremators of modern design.  The development of the Jubilee Chapels Complex in 1986 put Centennial Park Cemetery at the forefront in the provision of combined chapels and lounges, boasting world standard facilities unequalled anywhere else in Australia.

 

Thank you to DVA for their information.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  17/3/2015.  Lest we forget.

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Names

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LAUGHTON, Bruce Cooper

Service number 417647
Flying Officer
No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 14 Jul 1923

VIRGO, Charles Horace

Service number 38612
Gunner
Artillery Details
AIF WW1
Born 8 Dec 1892

WILSEN, Robert Peter

Service number 4717841
Trooper
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 26 Apr 1945

HEATH, Archie Edwin

Service number 4300
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Apr 1897

JOHNS, Violet Mavis Ada

Service number SF64691
Warrant Officer Class 2
1st Spare Parts Sub Depot
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 25 Oct 1909

SMITH, Oscar Vivian Thomas Cockerill

Service number 2761
Battery Sergeant Major
3rd Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 22 Mar 1892

CATES, Harley Hamilton

Service number 416485
Warrant Officer
No. 7 Service Flying Training School Deniliquin
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 21 Aug 1921

RADOMI, Stanley Edwin

Service number 43573
Private
Born 25 Sep 1945

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