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Labuan War Cemetery ( ms, Tanah Perkuburan Perang Labuan) is a Commonwealth
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
graveyard in
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The cemetery

Many of the personnel buried in this cemetery, including
Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...
and Australian troops, were killed during the Japanese invasion of Borneo or the Borneo campaign of 1945. Others were prisoners of war in the region, including a number of those who perished on the infamous
Sandakan Death Marches The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,434 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II at the ...
, and many hundreds of Allied POWs (mostly British and Australian) who died during their imprisonment by the Japanese at
Batu Lintang camp Batu Lintang camp (also known as Lintang Barracks and Kuching POW camp) at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) ...
near Kuching were also reburied here. This graveyard was erected by
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. Among those buried are Jack Mackey (1922–1945) and Tom Derrick (1914–1945), each of whom received the
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.Australian War Memorial
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Gallery

File:Labuan War Cemetery Opening, 1945.JPG, The opening ceremony on 28 December 1945. File:Labuan War Cemetery, Inspecting Graves.JPG, Grave inspection after the opening ceremony. File:Labuan War Cemetery, Ending Ceremony.JPG, Australian troops leaving the cemetery after the opening ceremony.


See also

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Cheras War Cemetery The Cheras War Cemetery ( ms, Tanah Perkuburan Perang Cheras) is the final resting place for Allied personnel who were killed during World War II, particularly the Malayan Campaign and the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Servicemen who died aft ...
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* Taiping War Cemetery,
Taiping __NOTOC__ Taiping, Tai-p’ing, or Tai Ping most often refers to: Chinese history * Princess Taiping (died 713), Tang dynasty princess * Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), civil war in southern China ** Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864), the re ...
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Kranji War Cemetery The Kranji War Cemetery is located in Kranji, Singapore, and is the final resting place for Allied soldiers who perished during the Battle of Singapore and the subsequent Japanese occupation of the island from 1942 to 1945 and in other parts o ...
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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
* Terendak Garrison Cemetery, Malacca


References


External links

* * {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Labuan Cemeteries in Malaysia Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Malaysia World War II cemeteries Tourist attractions in Labuan