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Bambatha Rebellion / Rand Revolt / Korea
/ Border War / Non World War / Police CASUALTIES
Post WW2 South African / Rhodesian Casualties
serving with British Units
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In Remembrance
of
South Africa's War Dead
TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY,
Ghana
Takoradi European
Public Cemetery lies north of Takoradi airport, on the main road running
westward from Takoradi to Axim, and is about 3 kilometres from the centre
of town. It is adjacent to the public cemetery. The cemetery contains
two First World War Commonwealth burials and 62 of the Second World War.
In addition there are five war graves of other nationalities and 16 non
world war burials here.
Photo
© Philip Upton
The South
Africa War Graves Project
The goal of the South Africa
War Graves Project is to archive photographs of every single South African
& Rhodesian war grave from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, Bambatha Rebellion,
WW1, Rand Revolt, WW2, Korea, Freedom Struggle, Angola-Border War, Non
World War and Police to present day. These photos will either be in the
format of a picture of a headstone or a name on a memorial. These photos
will eventually be made freely to the family, friends of the deceased
serviceperson, school groups, veterans groups and MOTH shell-holes through
this website.
Most of the families and friends of South Africa's (and Rhodesia's) war
dead will never get a chance to visit the graves of these fallen service
people due to the distances and expenses involved with such a journey.
Hopefully by archiving these photos we will be able to close a missing
chapter in many people’s lives by supplying them a photo of the
last restingplace of a loved one. By archiving these photos will have
created an online South African national war cemetery. The future generations
in turn will hopefully be able to learn from this archive, remember and
never forget.
Latest News
and Updates
***NOTE***
- Laid myself off from work to take 4 months vacation. Will be touring
around the world to snap pix. Leave October 27th. You can send emails
as per usual.
October
26, 2011 - With exception of Runnymede and Tower Hill, United
Kingdom audited and page updated. Jim Corkery's latest efforts updated.
South Africa - Gauteng - page updated
October
25, 2011 - Full audit complete on France, Germany and Greece.
Those pages updated.
October
23 , 2011 - Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Congo Dem. Rep., Egypt,
Eritrea pages updated.
Our Sister
Projects
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28,843
South African & Rhodesian war graves (known to date)
10,468
Bambatha Rebellion / Rand Revolt / Korea / Border War / Non World War
/ Police casualties (known to date)
23,500+
war graves or names on memorials have been photographed
Project Address
Ralph McLean
2350 - 27th Avenue
Edmonton , Alberta
T6T 0A6
Canada
hits since
September 2004
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