SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY and SPRINGVALE CREMATORIUM
Melbourne
Australia
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: -37.94311, Longitude: 145.1783
Location Information
Springvale War Cemetery, the principal war cemetery in Victoria, is within the grounds of Springvale Botanical Cemetery, an area of about 390 acres which was set aside for burial purposes in the early part of the 20th century by the Government of that day, to meet the needs of the municipalities south of Yarra. The Cemetery is on the Princes Highway, 15 miles by road from Melbourne. Standing beyond the crematorium, the War Cemetery covers an area of approximately two acres.
Historical Information
During the early months of the Second World War this land was set apart for service burials in the Melbourne area. The cemetery holds the graves of many who died of wounds in the Heidelberg Military Hospital after return from operational areas, and of others who died from accident or sickness.
SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY contains 608 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and four Dutch war burials.
Total Burials: 612.
World War Two Casualties: Australia 594, United Kingdom 14, The Nether;lands 4. Total 612.
In the Records Room at the entrance to the cemetery is a writing desk, the gift of the Government of the State of Victoria on behalf of the people of Victoria, which contains a register recording the names of those buried or commemorated in the cemetery and the visitors' book. The Cross of Sacrifice was unveiled on 5 December 1948, by His Excellency the Governor of Victoria, Major General Sir Winston Dugan, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., at a ceremony attended by representatives of the Federal and State Governments, Service Chiefs and leading citizens, with Guards of Honour from the Navy, Army and Air Force. Behind it stands a shelter containing the VICTORIA CREMATION MEMORIAL to 75 Australian servicemen who died in Victoria during the Second World War and whose remains were cremated.
World War Two Commemorated: Australia 72, United Kingdom 3. Total 75.
The war cemetery stands within the SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY, which itself contains 52 First World War burials and 103 from the Second World War.
World War One Identified Casualties: Australia 49, United Kingdom 2, New Zealand 1. Total 52.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 99, United Kingdom 3. Total 103.
Also within the necropolis is the SPRINGVALE CREMATORIUM, where 65 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated are commemorated.
World War Two Commemorated: Australia 64, United Kingdom 1. Total 65.
Springvale War Cemetery, the principal war cemetery in Victoria, is within the grounds of Springvale Botanical Cemetery, an area of about 390 acres which was set aside for burial purposes in the early part of the 20th century by the Government of that day, to meet the needs of the municipalities south of Yarra. The Cemetery is on the Princes Highway, 15 miles by road from Melbourne. Standing beyond the crematorium, the War Cemetery covers an area of approximately two acres.
Historical Information
During the early months of the Second World War this land was set apart for service burials in the Melbourne area. The cemetery holds the graves of many who died of wounds in the Heidelberg Military Hospital after return from operational areas, and of others who died from accident or sickness.
SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY contains 608 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and four Dutch war burials.
Total Burials: 612.
World War Two Casualties: Australia 594, United Kingdom 14, The Nether;lands 4. Total 612.
In the Records Room at the entrance to the cemetery is a writing desk, the gift of the Government of the State of Victoria on behalf of the people of Victoria, which contains a register recording the names of those buried or commemorated in the cemetery and the visitors' book. The Cross of Sacrifice was unveiled on 5 December 1948, by His Excellency the Governor of Victoria, Major General Sir Winston Dugan, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., at a ceremony attended by representatives of the Federal and State Governments, Service Chiefs and leading citizens, with Guards of Honour from the Navy, Army and Air Force. Behind it stands a shelter containing the VICTORIA CREMATION MEMORIAL to 75 Australian servicemen who died in Victoria during the Second World War and whose remains were cremated.
World War Two Commemorated: Australia 72, United Kingdom 3. Total 75.
The war cemetery stands within the SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY, which itself contains 52 First World War burials and 103 from the Second World War.
World War One Identified Casualties: Australia 49, United Kingdom 2, New Zealand 1. Total 52.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Australia 99, United Kingdom 3. Total 103.
Also within the necropolis is the SPRINGVALE CREMATORIUM, where 65 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated are commemorated.
World War Two Commemorated: Australia 64, United Kingdom 1. Total 65.
432063 Leading Aircraftman
Dallas William Lynch
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1943, aged 20.
Plot 2.S.D.11.
Son of William and Aurella Maud Lynch, of Krambach, New South Wales.
Dallas William Lynch
Royal Australian Air Force
10th August 1943, aged 20.
Plot 2.S.D.11.
Son of William and Aurella Maud Lynch, of Krambach, New South Wales.
