Location Information: Wagga Wagga is an important city on the Murrumbidgee River, 306 miles south-west of Sydney. The War Cemetery is situated within the General Cemetery on Kooringal Road, 2.5 miles south-east of the Post Office.

WAGGA WAGGA WAR CEMETERY occupies a plot in the general cemetery and contains 82 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. WAGGA WAGGA GENERAL CEMETERY contains three First World War burials and 33 from the Second World War.

No. of Identified Casualties: 82

The war cemetery was established by the military authorities and contains 83 burials, 43 airmen and 40 soldiers, including a post war burial. The No. 2 Service Flight Training School of the RAAF and other military training facilities, including the Army School of Military Engineering, were based in the area. Of the 40 soldiers buried in the war cemetery, 26 died on 21st May 1945 in a hand grenade training accident.