TOOWOOMBA CEMETERY
Queensland
Australia
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: -27.57414, Longitude: 151.9213
Location Information
The war cemetery is situated within Toowoomba Cemetery on the corner of Anzac Avenue and South Street West.
Historical Information
Toowoomba was the headquarters of the 1st Australian Army during WW2. It was conveniently placed for the establishment of the Army and Air Force camps and was often used as a re-training facility for Servicemen being sent to the Pacific Islands.
Centrally located among the 44 graves is a cross of Sacrifice. The burials are those of 34 soldiers, nine airmen and one post-war grave.
Total Burials: 65.
World War One Identified Burials: Australia 11.
World War Two Identified Burials: Australia 54.
Picture below kindly supplied by Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
The war cemetery is situated within Toowoomba Cemetery on the corner of Anzac Avenue and South Street West.
Historical Information
Toowoomba was the headquarters of the 1st Australian Army during WW2. It was conveniently placed for the establishment of the Army and Air Force camps and was often used as a re-training facility for Servicemen being sent to the Pacific Islands.
Centrally located among the 44 graves is a cross of Sacrifice. The burials are those of 34 soldiers, nine airmen and one post-war grave.
Total Burials: 65.
World War One Identified Burials: Australia 11.
World War Two Identified Burials: Australia 54.
Picture below kindly supplied by Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
134443 Aircraftman 1st Class
Harold James Beman
Royal Australian Air Force
9th October 1943, aged 27.
Plot B. D. 2.
Son of James Thomas Beman and Edith Alice Beman, of Carlton, New South Wales; husband of Marjorie Joyce Beman, of Hurstville, New South Wales.
Portrait of 134443 Aircraftman (AC) Harold James Beman, 7 Stores Depot, RAAF, of Hurstville, NSW, on his enlistment day on 1 June 1943. Working as the acting company secretary for Nestlés Australia before enlisting, AC Beaman died of illness at the Toowoomba Orthopaedic Hospital on 9 October 1943, age 27.
Harold James Beman
Royal Australian Air Force
9th October 1943, aged 27.
Plot B. D. 2.
Son of James Thomas Beman and Edith Alice Beman, of Carlton, New South Wales; husband of Marjorie Joyce Beman, of Hurstville, New South Wales.
Portrait of 134443 Aircraftman (AC) Harold James Beman, 7 Stores Depot, RAAF, of Hurstville, NSW, on his enlistment day on 1 June 1943. Working as the acting company secretary for Nestlés Australia before enlisting, AC Beaman died of illness at the Toowoomba Orthopaedic Hospital on 9 October 1943, age 27.
405304 Sergeant
Robert Eric Fraser
Royal Australian Air Force
7th April 1942, aged 28.
Prsbytrn Plot. Sc. 3. Blk 14. Almt 15. Grv R841.
Son of Robert and Victoria Alice Maud Fraser, of Toowoomba. B.A. (Queensland), A.Ed., M.R.S.T.
Copy portrait and pilot's wings of 405304 Sergeant Robert Eric Fraser, No 23 Squadron, RAAF, who died accidentally on 7 April 1942 in Toowoomba.
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Robert Eric Fraser
Royal Australian Air Force
7th April 1942, aged 28.
Prsbytrn Plot. Sc. 3. Blk 14. Almt 15. Grv R841.
Son of Robert and Victoria Alice Maud Fraser, of Toowoomba. B.A. (Queensland), A.Ed., M.R.S.T.
Copy portrait and pilot's wings of 405304 Sergeant Robert Eric Fraser, No 23 Squadron, RAAF, who died accidentally on 7 April 1942 in Toowoomba.
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