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| Location Stuart Highway, Adelaide River (Stuart Highway) NT 0846, Australia Tel: +61 8 8976 Wartime History During 1942, the Adelaide River War Cemetery was established to bury Allied personnel killed in the Northern Territory during World War II. Also known as simply "Adelaide River Cemetery". Americans were buried at this location but exhumed postwar for permanent burial in the United States or Manila American Cemetery. USAF Cemetery Adelaide River Base A section of this cemetery was used for American burials known as USAF Cemetery Adelaide River Base I or USAF Cemetery Adelaide River. The section included both named graves (known individuals) and unknown (unidentified individuals). Postwar, the American graves were exhumed and transported to the United States or Philippines for permanent burial. Northern Territory Memorial Located at the Adelaide River War Cemetery to memorialize 289 missing in action from the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Australian Merchant Navy and the Services Reconnaissance Department who lost their lives in operations in the Timor and Northern Australian regions and in waters adjacent to Australia north of Latitude 20 South who have no known grave. It takes the form of a low structure in the style of an altar approached by two steps, with eight incised stone panels bearing the names of those whose memory it immortalizes. Each name is acknowledge as having "No Known Grave" (Missing In Action). References CWGC - Adelaide River War Cemetery NARA RG 92 (Cartography) American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) Memorial Division USASOS USAF Cemetery Adelaide River Base I (Corrected Copy - New Grave Numbering) September 10, 1943 Contribute
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