ALBURY WAR CEMETERY
New South Wales
Australia
GPS Coordinates Latitude: -36.06116 Longitude: 146.92656
Location Information
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. The war cemetery is located on Waugh road in the North of the city.
Historical Information
During the Second World War, Albury was the heart of a very large ordnance area. There were a large number of troops in the area and there was a base hospital and other base establishments.
ALBURY WAR CEMETERY, which occupies a plot in the general cemetery, contains 97 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 94, United Kingdom 3. Total 97.
ALBURY GENERAL CEMETERY contains four burials of the First World War and 20 from the Second World War.
Pictures courtesy of David Thomas (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. The war cemetery is located on Waugh road in the North of the city.
Historical Information
During the Second World War, Albury was the heart of a very large ordnance area. There were a large number of troops in the area and there was a base hospital and other base establishments.
ALBURY WAR CEMETERY, which occupies a plot in the general cemetery, contains 97 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 94, United Kingdom 3. Total 97.
ALBURY GENERAL CEMETERY contains four burials of the First World War and 20 from the Second World War.
Pictures courtesy of David Thomas (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
NX151768 Sergeant
Ernest Arthur Nairn
7th Machine Gun Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1943, aged 24.
Plot F. C. 11.
Son of Frederick James Nairn and Emily Mona Nairn, of Balmain.
Ernest Arthur Nairn
7th Machine Gun Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1943, aged 24.
Plot F. C. 11.
Son of Frederick James Nairn and Emily Mona Nairn, of Balmain.
VF515908 Private
Marjorie Linda O'Brien
Australian Army Medical Women's Service
19th October 1944, aged 18.
Plot E. B. 16.
Daughter of Thomas and Gladys Clark; wife of Walter Stanley O'Brien, of Richmond, Victoria.
Marjorie Linda O'Brien
Australian Army Medical Women's Service
19th October 1944, aged 18.
Plot E. B. 16.
Daughter of Thomas and Gladys Clark; wife of Walter Stanley O'Brien, of Richmond, Victoria.
434705 Leading Aircraftman
John Allan Robinson
Royal Australian Air Force
24th June 1945, aged 24.
Plot E. C. 15.
Son of Richard and Margaret Linton Robinson, of Junee.
Studio portrait of VX18316 Private (Pte) John Allan Robinson, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, of Junee, NSW. Pte Robinson enlisted at Caulfield, Vic, on 28 May 1940, serving with the 2/2 Pioneers until his transfer to the RAAF. As 434705 Leading Aicraftman Robinson he served with the RAAF from 29 January 1943 until his death from illness on 24 June 1945.
John Allan Robinson
Royal Australian Air Force
24th June 1945, aged 24.
Plot E. C. 15.
Son of Richard and Margaret Linton Robinson, of Junee.
Studio portrait of VX18316 Private (Pte) John Allan Robinson, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, of Junee, NSW. Pte Robinson enlisted at Caulfield, Vic, on 28 May 1940, serving with the 2/2 Pioneers until his transfer to the RAAF. As 434705 Leading Aicraftman Robinson he served with the RAAF from 29 January 1943 until his death from illness on 24 June 1945.
