Location
Located on the Bomana Road, at the edge of the former Berry Drome (12 Mile) near Port Moresby.

Bomana War Cemetery
This site was first used as a cemetery by Australian medical unit at the start of the Papuan Campaign in early 1942, and Bougainville campaign of 1944-45. One woman is buried there, and 3,778 men. Other commonwealth cemeteries in Papua New Guinea are at Lae, Rabaul and Samarai Island.

Commonwealth War Cemetery
This Commonwealth war cemetery has the marble graves of 4,500 Allied servicemen buried from WWII, primarily from the battles of Kokoda and losses in the Port Moresby area.

British POW Graves
Also, it contains the 436 British POWs that died on Ballale Island, working as slave labor for the Japanese, their graves are listed as 'Known Unto God" and a memorial plaque is located at the rear of the cemetery.

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009