DODEWAARD GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.91025, Longitude: 5.65375
Location Information
Dodewaard, a village on the north bank of the river Waal, is 17 kilometres north-west of Nijmegen and 23 kilometres south-west of Arnhem. The cemetery is in the centre of the village in the road called Vinkenpark, near the Catholic church. The Commonwealth war graves are located by the main path: 2 graves are 100 metres along on the right and the other two are at the end of the path on the right.
The cemetery contains the graves of two unidentified British soldiers and two Australian airmen.
Dodewaard, a village on the north bank of the river Waal, is 17 kilometres north-west of Nijmegen and 23 kilometres south-west of Arnhem. The cemetery is in the centre of the village in the road called Vinkenpark, near the Catholic church. The Commonwealth war graves are located by the main path: 2 graves are 100 metres along on the right and the other two are at the end of the path on the right.
The cemetery contains the graves of two unidentified British soldiers and two Australian airmen.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
424711 Flight Sergeant
Alfred John Burns
Royal Australian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of Arthur James Burns and Emily Adelaide Burns, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Loving Mother and His Friend Del"
Alfred John Burns
Royal Australian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of Arthur James Burns and Emily Adelaide Burns, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By His Loving Mother and His Friend Del"
426711 Flight Sergeant
Patrick Edward Thomas Tiernan
Royal Australian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 29.
Son of James and Mary Tiernan, of Murgon, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered R. I. P."
Patrick Edward Thomas Tiernan
Royal Australian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 29.
Son of James and Mary Tiernan, of Murgon, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Fearlessly And Nobly Done. Ever Remembered R. I. P."
