NEWCASTLE (SANDGATE) WAR CEMETERY
New South Wales
Australia
GPS Coordinates Latitude: -32.86649 Longitude: 151.70732
Location Information
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery is located in Sandgate General Cemetery, off Maitland Road in Newcastle.
Historical Information
Located within the Sandgate General Cemetery on the Pacific highway is the Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery which has 73 burials. Included in the burials are four men of the Royal Navy. The front entrance of the cemetery is through a wrought iron gate set in a low stone wall constructed of a local stone.
The city of Newcastle was a strategic military site both as a centre for heavy industry and as a busy seaport. On the 8th of June 1942 Newcastle came under attack from a Japanese submarine. The area was also a major staging area for AIF Divisions and supported some of the largest concentrations of troops in Australia throughout the war. The Australian Second Army including the 1st, 9th and 28th Brigades and the 3rd Army Tank Brigade were based on the outskirts of Newcastle, the 4th Armoured Brigade in Singleton and three Artillery Training Regiments at Greta.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 69, United Kingdom 4. Total 73.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery is located in Sandgate General Cemetery, off Maitland Road in Newcastle.
Historical Information
Located within the Sandgate General Cemetery on the Pacific highway is the Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery which has 73 burials. Included in the burials are four men of the Royal Navy. The front entrance of the cemetery is through a wrought iron gate set in a low stone wall constructed of a local stone.
The city of Newcastle was a strategic military site both as a centre for heavy industry and as a busy seaport. On the 8th of June 1942 Newcastle came under attack from a Japanese submarine. The area was also a major staging area for AIF Divisions and supported some of the largest concentrations of troops in Australia throughout the war. The Australian Second Army including the 1st, 9th and 28th Brigades and the 3rd Army Tank Brigade were based on the outskirts of Newcastle, the 4th Armoured Brigade in Singleton and three Artillery Training Regiments at Greta.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 69, United Kingdom 4. Total 73.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
404099 Squadron Leader
Charles Arbuthnot Crombie, D. S. O. D. F. C.
Royal Australian Air Force
26th August 1945, aged 31.
Plot K. C. 3.
Son of David William Alexander and Phoebe Janet Crombie; husband of Betty Deane Crombie, of Warwick, Queensland.
Charles Arbuthnot Crombie, D. S. O. D. F. C.
Royal Australian Air Force
26th August 1945, aged 31.
Plot K. C. 3.
Son of David William Alexander and Phoebe Janet Crombie; husband of Betty Deane Crombie, of Warwick, Queensland.
Group portrait of prefects from St Ignatius College, Riverview.
Identified in the from row, second from the right and buried in this cemetery is 432005 Ian Eustace Hollingdale, Royal Australian Air Force, killed in action on 14th October 1943, aged 20. Plot E. C. 5. Son of Eustace Thomas Hollingdale and Elizabeth Del Hollingdale, of Rose Bay.
GROUP PORTRAIT OF NO. 4 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF, COURSE NO. 21, "C" SQUADRON, FLIGHT 12.
Identified in the centre row, first on the left and buried in this cemetery is 409842 Max Alexander Larkan, Royal Australian Air Force, who was accidentally killed at Pt. Stephens, New South Wales on 24th May 1943, aged 33. Plot E. D. 14. Son of Seymour William and Annie Matilda Larkan; husband of Veronica Irene Larkan, of Elwood, Victoria.
Williamtown, NSW. 1944-11-14. Group portrait of members of No. 22 Beaufighter Pilots Training Course RAAF.
Identified in the centre row, third from the right and buried in this cemetery is 430177 Flight Sergeant Ivor Russell Le Maistre, Royal Australian Air Force who was killed in an accident at Williamstown, New South Wales on 13th December 1944, aged 20. Plot K. D. 2. Son of Colonel Frank William LeMaistre, D.S.O., and Vera Dale LeMaistre, of Burwood, Victoria.
411157 Warrant Officer (WO, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Arthur Sampson McEvoy, Sydney NSW and 409368 Flying Officer (later Flt Lt) Mervyn Neville Austin, Melbourne Vic. Both are members of C Flight in No 456 Mosquito Squadron RAAF of Fighter Command, based at RAF Middle Wallop Station. Flt Lt McEvoy was accidentally killed at Newcastle NSW on 19 September, 1945 and buried in this cemetery. Plot K. C. 2. Son of Sidney Arthur and Jane McEvoy; husband of Patricia McEvoy, of Toongabbie West.
Four Australian air crew stand between a plane and a truck. Left to right;Douglas (no further details known); 402087 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Gordon Sumner Hissey, Wireless Operator/Air gunner of Sydney, NSW; 400020 Pilot Officer (PO, later Flt Lt) Archibald Paterson, DFC, Observer, of Melbourne, Vic; 013069 (404095) Flying Officer (FO, later Squadron Leader) Henry Daintree Foot, Pilot of Qld. Flt Lt Paterson received his Distinguished Flying Cross for duties of a high standard while flying in the Mediterranean theatre.
These airmen all served at the same time in the same squadrons in the Middle East, including RAF 39 Squadron, 203 Squadron and the Middle East Training School. On 21 July 1945, aged 27, Flt Lt Paterson was accidentally killed in a ground accident at Lake Belmont, Lake Macquarie while serving with 11 Squadron, RAAF. (Donor A. Penman). He is buried in plot K. C. 4. Son of Thomas and Elsie Jane Paterson, of Caulfield, Victoria.
These airmen all served at the same time in the same squadrons in the Middle East, including RAF 39 Squadron, 203 Squadron and the Middle East Training School. On 21 July 1945, aged 27, Flt Lt Paterson was accidentally killed in a ground accident at Lake Belmont, Lake Macquarie while serving with 11 Squadron, RAAF. (Donor A. Penman). He is buried in plot K. C. 4. Son of Thomas and Elsie Jane Paterson, of Caulfield, Victoria.
A DH84 air ambulance of the second Air Ambulance Unit about to take off for a southern base hospital with its load of stretcher cases. Shown are: 408882 Flight Sergeant (later Warrant Officer [WO]) Francis Edward Smallhorn, pilot, No. 2 Australian Air Ambulance Unit (1): 266409 Flight Lieutenant Ian Craig Morrison, Medical Officer, RAAF No. 5 Squadron (2): 135737 Leading Aircraftman Robert Howard Cook (4).
WO Smallhorn was accidentally killed at Port Stephens, NSW on 8th November 1944, aged 23 while on a flight with 5 Operational Training Unit at Williamtown, NSW and is buried in this cemetery in Plot K. D. 3. Son of Walter Leslie and Eily Foy Smallhorn, of East Malvern, Victoria.
WO Smallhorn was accidentally killed at Port Stephens, NSW on 8th November 1944, aged 23 while on a flight with 5 Operational Training Unit at Williamtown, NSW and is buried in this cemetery in Plot K. D. 3. Son of Walter Leslie and Eily Foy Smallhorn, of East Malvern, Victoria.
A Beaufort aircraft of No. 100 Squadron RAAF, being prepared for a raid on Gasmata by 62886 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Albert Henry Bradbury Thompson, Ashfield, NSW; 19845 Sergeant Dugald James Shine, Albert Park, Vic; 62893 LAC Arthur Norman Wright, Pennant Hills, NSW. The photograph was taken at either Milne Bay or Vivigani.
LAC Thompson later died of illness at Rathmines, NSW on 22 August 1944, aged 38 and is buried in cemetery in plot K. D. 8.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Jane Thompson; husband of Edna Mary Thompson, of Ashfield.
LAC Thompson later died of illness at Rathmines, NSW on 22 August 1944, aged 38 and is buried in cemetery in plot K. D. 8.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Jane Thompson; husband of Edna Mary Thompson, of Ashfield.
Williamtown, NSW. 1944-08-20. Two experienced pilots in front of a De Havilland Mosquito aircraft on which they will undergo conversion training at No. 5 Operational Training Unit. Identified on the right is 413454 Flying Officer (FO) Francis John White. FO White was killed in an accident at Williamtown, NSW on 31 January 1945, aged 21 who is buried in this cemetery in Plot K. C. 13. Son of Walter John and Cecilia Anna White; husband of Margaret Jean White, of Tamworth.
133216 Leading Aircraftman
Eric Wilkinson
Royal Australian Air Force
22nd June 1945, aged 20.
PLot K. C. 7.
Son of George Thomas Wilkinson and Nellie Wilkinson, of Manly.
Eric Wilkinson
Royal Australian Air Force
22nd June 1945, aged 20.
PLot K. C. 7.
Son of George Thomas Wilkinson and Nellie Wilkinson, of Manly.
