WOOMBYE CEMETERY
Queensland
Australia
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: -26.68114, Longitude: 152.9729
Location Information
Woombye is about five kilometres south-west of the town of Nambour, some 129 kilometres north of Brisbane. The cemetery is 2 kilometres north-east of Palmwoods, and contains a group of 1939-1945 War graves.
In this group are buried 24 soldiers, and 1 airman belonging to the Australian forces and 1 Canadian soldier.
There is one other soldier buried in the civilian part of the cemetery, making a total of 27 war burials.
Identified Casualties: Australia 26, Canada 1. Total 27.
Cemetery picture below kindly supplied by Kevin McSweeney
Woombye is about five kilometres south-west of the town of Nambour, some 129 kilometres north of Brisbane. The cemetery is 2 kilometres north-east of Palmwoods, and contains a group of 1939-1945 War graves.
In this group are buried 24 soldiers, and 1 airman belonging to the Australian forces and 1 Canadian soldier.
There is one other soldier buried in the civilian part of the cemetery, making a total of 27 war burials.
Identified Casualties: Australia 26, Canada 1. Total 27.
Cemetery picture below kindly supplied by Kevin McSweeney
NX33411 Private
Eric Bertram Bingham
2/1 MG. Bn. Australian Infantry A.I.F.
29th July 1942, aged 23.
Plot B. D. 4.
Son of Leonard George and Mary Jane Bingham, of Tullamore, New South Wales.
Studio portrait of NX33411 Private (Pte) Eric Bertram Bingham, 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion, who died of illness in Queensland on 29 July 1942. Pte Bingham's brothers, NX148877 Signalman (Sig) Albert Francis Bingham and NX193227 Sig Robert George Bingham also served and survived the war.
Eric Bertram Bingham
2/1 MG. Bn. Australian Infantry A.I.F.
29th July 1942, aged 23.
Plot B. D. 4.
Son of Leonard George and Mary Jane Bingham, of Tullamore, New South Wales.
Studio portrait of NX33411 Private (Pte) Eric Bertram Bingham, 2/1 Machine Gun Battalion, who died of illness in Queensland on 29 July 1942. Pte Bingham's brothers, NX148877 Signalman (Sig) Albert Francis Bingham and NX193227 Sig Robert George Bingham also served and survived the war.
