COWRA JAPANESE MILITARY CEMETERY
New South Wales
Australia
GPS Coordinates Latitude: -33.80129 Longitude: 148.69157
Location Information
Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The cemetery is located to the north of the town, close to Canowindra road.
Historical Information
Cowra Japanese Military Cemetery, consecrated in 1964, contains 523 Japanese graves. They include 231 graves of prisoners of war killed during the breakout from Cowra Prisoner of War Camp on 5th August 1944, Japanese aircrew shot down in Northern Australia and Japanese civilian internees who died in Australia during the Second World War. 13 of these are unidentified Japanese airmen and 1 is an unidentified Japanese soldier.
Picture courtesy of Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The cemetery is located to the north of the town, close to Canowindra road.
Historical Information
Cowra Japanese Military Cemetery, consecrated in 1964, contains 523 Japanese graves. They include 231 graves of prisoners of war killed during the breakout from Cowra Prisoner of War Camp on 5th August 1944, Japanese aircrew shot down in Northern Australia and Japanese civilian internees who died in Australia during the Second World War. 13 of these are unidentified Japanese airmen and 1 is an unidentified Japanese soldier.
Picture courtesy of Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
