EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
Location Information
The city of Eindhoven lies in the south of the Netherlands approx 40kms to the south of s'Hertogenbosch.
From the A2 s'Hertogenbosch to Eindhoven motorway merge and follow the signs for A58 CENTRUM / WOENSEL / HELMOND / TONGELRE and continue for approx 3.5kms.
Turn right and follow direction A58 HELMOND and continue for approx 4kms. The road is now called JOHN F KENNEDYLAAN.
Exit right (CWGC sign) at Europalaan / Orpheuslaan slip road. Turn right onto Europalaan (CWGC sign).
After approx 200m turn left (CWGC sign) onto BAFFINLAAN.
The cemetery can be found after approx 200m on the right within the local cemetery 'BEGRAAFPLAATS WOENSEL'.
The cemetery address is:-
Baffinlaan
5623 PK Eindhoven
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
GPS Location is:- N 51 27 19 E 05 28 54
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Almost four-fifths of the men buried here belonged to the air forces, and lost their lives in raids over this part of Holland or in returning from Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Men of the land forces who are buried here died between September 1944 and May 1945. The 79th and 86th British General Hospitals were located at Eindhoven during almost all that period.
There are now nearly 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The city of Eindhoven lies in the south of the Netherlands approx 40kms to the south of s'Hertogenbosch.
From the A2 s'Hertogenbosch to Eindhoven motorway merge and follow the signs for A58 CENTRUM / WOENSEL / HELMOND / TONGELRE and continue for approx 3.5kms.
Turn right and follow direction A58 HELMOND and continue for approx 4kms. The road is now called JOHN F KENNEDYLAAN.
Exit right (CWGC sign) at Europalaan / Orpheuslaan slip road. Turn right onto Europalaan (CWGC sign).
After approx 200m turn left (CWGC sign) onto BAFFINLAAN.
The cemetery can be found after approx 200m on the right within the local cemetery 'BEGRAAFPLAATS WOENSEL'.
The cemetery address is:-
Baffinlaan
5623 PK Eindhoven
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
GPS Location is:- N 51 27 19 E 05 28 54
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Almost four-fifths of the men buried here belonged to the air forces, and lost their lives in raids over this part of Holland or in returning from Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Men of the land forces who are buried here died between September 1944 and May 1945. The 79th and 86th British General Hospitals were located at Eindhoven during almost all that period.
There are now nearly 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.

412129 Flight Sergeant
Frank Ernest Gee (Left)
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1945, aged 25.
Plot EE. Grave 106.
Son of Rupert Stephen and Mary Paterson Gee, of Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
408569 Warrant Officer
Alexander Douglas Finlayson (Right) D. F. M.
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1945, aged 29.
Plot EE. Grave 108.
Son of Alexander Duncan and Euphemia Nicholson Finlayson, of Yerong Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
Frank Ernest Gee (Left)
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1945, aged 25.
Plot EE. Grave 106.
Son of Rupert Stephen and Mary Paterson Gee, of Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.
408569 Warrant Officer
Alexander Douglas Finlayson (Right) D. F. M.
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1945, aged 29.
Plot EE. Grave 108.
Son of Alexander Duncan and Euphemia Nicholson Finlayson, of Yerong Creek, New South Wales, Australia.

414550 Pilot Officer
Bernard Francis Lee
Royal Australian Air Force
28th September 1944, aged 24.
Plot KK. Grave 194.
Son of Frank and Hanora Hannah Lee, of Paddington, Queensland, Australia. A.A.U.Q.
Pictures below © Johan Pauwels
Bernard Francis Lee
Royal Australian Air Force
28th September 1944, aged 24.
Plot KK. Grave 194.
Son of Frank and Hanora Hannah Lee, of Paddington, Queensland, Australia. A.A.U.Q.
Pictures below © Johan Pauwels