WAR GRAVES

BOURAIL (NEW ZEALAND) WAR CEMETERY
Located in New Caledonia
BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
Located in Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium (Flanders area)
This memorial commemorates 378 officers and men of the NZ Division who died in the Polygon Wood sector between September 1917 and May 1918, and who have no known grave.
CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL
Located in Turkey
On a very severe slope the Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915. Chunuk Bair was one of the main objectives in the Battle of Sari Bair, fought 6-10 August 1915 the attack to be carried out by the New Zealand Infantry and Mounted Rifles. On 10 August the Turkish counter attacked which marked the end of the effort to reach the hills. The line remained unaltered until the evacuation in December 1915. The Turks buried some of the soldiers who were killed on 6-8 August 1915 so this is where the memorial is. It contains 632 burials, 10 are identified.
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Located in Egypt about 130 kilometres from Alexandria
Fighting took place in 1000 kilometres of desert between Alexandria (Egypt) and Benghazi (Libya). They were fighting for control of the Suez Canal, Mediterranean, oil supplies from the Middle East and supply route to Russia via Persia, between 1940 and 1942.
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Located in Etaples, Pas de Calais, France.
About 27 kilometres from Boulougne
This was where the Commonwealth had lots of camps and hospitals during WWI. It had good railroad access from battlefields. Etaples was once again used for hospitals during WWII.
FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Located in Italy, Vecchiazzano near Florence
The Allies invaded Italy 3 September 1943. The Italians then joined with the Allies against the Germans. In June 1944 Rome was taken by the Allies with the Germans retreating via Rimini and Ravenna. There was terrible weather between October and December 1944 and very heavy fighting. Forli Cemetery contains 738 graves of those who died on the battlefields during WWII.
GREVILLERS (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL
Located in Grevillers, Pas de Calais, France
Grevillers is a village and the NZ Memorial is in the British Cemetery. 450 NZ men died fighting in this area between March and November 1918.
MESSINES RIDGE (NZ) MEMORIAL
Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
(Flanders area)
A strategic position as it was a high ridge surrounded by plains and underneath the convent built on this ridge were many cellars. This ridge was taken by the New Zealanders on 7 June 1917. The cemetery commemorates over 800 NZ soldiers who died around this area between 1917 and 1918 and who have no known grave.
NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
Located in Hampshire, United Kingdom
The cemetery contains 636 WWI graves and 35 WWII graves.
RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Located in Italy near village of Piangipane, Ravenna
After the invasion of Italy on 3 September 1943 the Germans began their retreat up past Ravenna. A lot of the Allies were transferred to France to assist new offensives there. The Germans dug in over the winter period in Ravenna. Canadian Troops took Ravenna in December 1944. The cemetery contains 955 WWII graves and 33 WWI burials.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Located in Surrey, United Kingdom
This is an Air Forces Memorial commemorating over 20,000 airmen lost in WWII
ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION
Rouen Located in Seine-Maritime, France
Hospitals and camps were stationed at Rouen during WWI and WWII.
TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Located in Egypt
It is about 110 kilometres from Cairo. In WWI it was a training centre for Australians and a large prisoner of war camp. In WWII it was a hospital centre and had many workshops for repair of armoured vehicles etc.
TORONTO (MOUNT HOPE) CEMETERY
Located in Canada
There are 150 graves here. It was a training centre for the Allies during WWII
TYNE COT MEMORIA
Located in Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
(Flanders area)
First Battle in the Ypres Salient area between October & November 1914. The Second Battle which began in April 1915 was the first time the Germans had introduced poison gas into Allied Lines. The Third Battle of Ypres launched in 1917 was over in September 1918, with success for the Allies.
 
Ref: Commonwealth War Graves Commission - written permission to print information and certificates in Memory of all our Loved Ones and to show how just a few I have located, not including the American Fabich Boys in WWII who also volunteered to fight the Germans.