PORT VILA MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Location Information
The cemetery is situated at Fresh Water One Area, about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Port Vila. Both Commonwealth graves are marked by white marble headstones.
Historical Information
Vila is the capital of the Vanuatu group of islands in the south-west Pacific. Its land-locked harbour was used for amphibious exercises during the Second World War and a naval base was established at Havannah Harbour for the repair of damaged ships. The larger island of Espiritu Santo became an important New Zealand naval and air base.
Port Vila Municipal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
D/KX95534 Leading Stoker Thomas Coakley, H.M. Submarine Talent., Royal Navy, died 12th July 1946, aged 30. Son of Micheal and Margaret Coakley, of Ballineen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland.
1207 Petty Officer Terence Arthur Thomas Hutchins, Royal New Zealand Navy, died 25th May 1942, aged 25. Son of Arthur and Edith Hutchins; husband of Violet Myrtle Hutchins, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Cemetery picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The cemetery is situated at Fresh Water One Area, about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Port Vila. Both Commonwealth graves are marked by white marble headstones.
Historical Information
Vila is the capital of the Vanuatu group of islands in the south-west Pacific. Its land-locked harbour was used for amphibious exercises during the Second World War and a naval base was established at Havannah Harbour for the repair of damaged ships. The larger island of Espiritu Santo became an important New Zealand naval and air base.
Port Vila Municipal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
D/KX95534 Leading Stoker Thomas Coakley, H.M. Submarine Talent., Royal Navy, died 12th July 1946, aged 30. Son of Micheal and Margaret Coakley, of Ballineen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland.
1207 Petty Officer Terence Arthur Thomas Hutchins, Royal New Zealand Navy, died 25th May 1942, aged 25. Son of Arthur and Edith Hutchins; husband of Violet Myrtle Hutchins, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Cemetery picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
