NEWCASTLE (SANDGATE) WAR CEMETERY
New South Wales
Australia
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.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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.
Pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
