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Location Lae War Cemetery is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in Lae in New Guinea. Prewar and during the Pacific War located in the Territory of New Guinea. Today located in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Lae War Cemetery In 1944, the Australian Army Graves Service commenced the cemetery for burials of those killed in New Guinea, plus Royal Australian Navy (RAN) losses aboard HMS King George V, HMS Glenearn and HMS Empire Arquebus, and four Merchant Navy sailors killed aboard MV Gorgon on April 14, 1943. There are two men from the United Kingdom, one was attached to 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion and the other was a member of the Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery. The cemetery includes an Indian section with the gaves of Indian Prisoners Of War (POW) who surrendered in Hong Kong and Malaya and were later transported to New Guinea as forced laborers for the Japanese Army and died in the Wewak area. Postwar During 1947, the cemetery was transfered to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC). In total, there are 2,818 graves, including 444 that are unidentified and buried as "Known Unto God". Lae Memorial The Lae Memorial is located inside the cemetery with bronze tablets fixed to walls linking to the end columns of the building. On the tablets are engraved the names of 327 Australians that remain listed as missing and have no known grave. References CWGC - Lae War Cemetery Contribute
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