port moresby memorial

PORT MORESBY MEMORIAL (PAPAU NEW GUINEA)
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PORT MORESBY MEMORIAL (PAPAU NEW GUINEA)
The Port Moresby Memorial is situated in Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery.

The memorial commemorates over 700 officers and men of the Australian Army (including Papuan and New Guinea local forces), the Australian Merchant Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force, who gave their lives during the operations in Papua and who have no known grave. Men of the Royal Australian Navy who lost their lives in the south-western Pacific region, and who have no graves but the sea, are commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial in England, along with many of their comrades of the Royal Navy and of other Commonwealth Naval Forces.

The memorial was unveiled in October 1953 by Field Marshal Sir William Slim, Governor-General of Australia.
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  1. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Smith, Thurlow Alton Bradford

    SURNAME Smith FORENAME Thurlow Alton Bradford UNIT 2/7 Independent Company RANK Lieutenant NUMBER VX104222 DATE OF DEATH 20th September 1943 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Port Moresby Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Thurlow and Helen Emily...

  2. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Leitch, John Cockburn

    SURNAME Leitch FORENAME John Cockburn UNIT 2/5 Independent Company RANK Lieutenant NUMBER NX76247 DATE OF DEATH 11th January 1943 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Port Moresby Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Thomas and Elizabeth Raeside...

  3. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Taylor, Joseph (Joe)

    SURNAME Taylor FORENAME Joseph (Joe) UNIT 2/3 Independent Company RANK Private NUMBER VX109417 DATE OF DEATH 28th April 1943 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Port Moresby Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Woodend,Victoria son of Thomas and Julia Taylor,Mount...

  4. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Cohen, Maxwell (Max)

    SURNAME Cohen FORENAME Maxwell (Max) UNIT 2/3 Independent Company RANK Corporal NUMBER NX39899 DATE OF DEATH 16th February 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Port Moresby Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Stuart Town,New South Wales foster son of Mary Ann...

  5. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Northey, Eric Jack

    SURNAME Northey FORENAME Eric Jack UNIT 2/2 Commando Squadron RANK Trooper NUMBER WX18961 DATE OF DEATH 6th December 1943 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Port Moresby Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Josia Albert Hedley and Alice Maud...
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