Woombye Cemetery, Queensland

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Woombye Cemetery
Country: Australia
Location: Queensland
Coordinates: 26°40′52″S 152°58′22″E / -26.68111, 152.97278
Type: Public
Owned by: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Number of gravesites: 27
Website: Woombye Cemetery

The Woombye Cemetery is a cemetery in the Queensland region of Australia containing graves from the Second World War.

History

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.[1]

Location

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.

"We Rest Here"

The following Signals related person is buried here.

Headstone Service Number Rank and Name Grave Location
Green, Dermott Joseph grave marker.jpg
F5051 Sigmn D.J. Green Plot B. Row C. Grave 10.

See also

References

  1. CWGC Woombye Cemetery webpage