| Cowra War Cemetery |
| New South Wales, Australia |
Photo kindly supplied by Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
| During the Second World War there was
a large camp for Japanese prisoners of war at Cowra. which was the scene of
a mass outbreak in August 1944. Two men of the Australian military forces
who lost their lives during the incident were awarded (posthumously) the
George Cross. COWRA WAR CEMETERY contains 27 Commonwealth burials of the
Second World War. The war cemetery is situated within COWRA GENERAL
CEMETERY, which itself contains one First World War burial and six from the
Second World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 27 |
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