Lutwyche Cemetery
Australian cemetery in Brisbane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian cemetery in Brisbane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lutwyche Cemetery is a cemetery located at Kedron, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1878 and saw its first burial in the same year.[1] It is located at the corner of Gympie and Kitchener Roads, approximately ten kilometres north of Brisbane.
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Established | 1878 |
Location | Kedron, Brisbane |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 27°24′6″S 153°1′44″E |
Type | Monumental |
Owned by | Brisbane City Council |
No. of graves | ≈32,000 |
Website | https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ |
Find a Grave | Lutwyche Cemetery |
A list of people buried in Lutwyche Cemetery can be found in the Category:Burials at Lutwyche Cemetery and in the list below:
The cemetery contains war graves of nine Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 389 of World War II, besides three servicemen of other nationalities. Within the cemetery's war graves plot stands the Queensland Cremation Memorial, erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, recording 36 Australian service personnel who died in Queensland during World War II and were cremated at Mount Thompson Crematorium.[4]
Within the cemetery is a Cross of Sacrifice commemorating those who served in World War I and World War II, which was erected and paid for by the Imperial War Graves Commission. The stone used is Freestone (Helidon) and it was completed in 1950.[5][6]
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