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| Location Hanuabada Cemetery is located in Hanuabada west of Port Moresby (Town) on the southern coast of New Guinea. This cemetery was established prewar as a burial ground for expatriates that died in the Port Moresby area. Prewar and during the Pacific War located in the Territory of Papua. Today, located in National Capital District (NCD) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Wartime History During early 1942, Hanuabada Cemetery was used to bury Allied personnel killed in the vicinity of Port Moresby including Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel. Known burials include: P/O Oswald John Channon KIA April 24, 1942 pilot P-40E Kittyhawk A29-43 USAF Cemetery #1 Port Moresby A section or portion of this cemetery was used for American burials known as USAF Cemetery #1 Port Moresby or USAF Cemetery #1 Teak (code name for Port Moresby) or USAF Cemetery Port Moresby No. 1. Known American World War II burials include: Cpl Lowell A. Anderson at grave number 155 KIA May 8, 1942 gunner B-25C Mitchell 41-12486 Cpl Lowell K. Hammond WIA, died of wounds May 8, 1942 gunner B-25C Mitchell 41-12486 Colonel John H. Brewer KIA May 12, 1943 passenger C-47 Skytrain 41-18661 disinterred to Ipswich Cemetery 1st Lt. Edward R. Goff, 90th BG, 321st BS grave 439 SSgt Richard I. Aldrich drown January 25, 1944 grave 440 2nd Lt. William G. Hosford, 35th FS grave 441 Postwar The military graves where exhumed and the Commonwealth graves were moved to Bomana War Cemetery and Americans graves transported to Australia then to the United States for permanent burial. Burials of expatriate Australians that died prewar or postwar including veterans from World War II remain in Hanuabada Cemetery. Contribute
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