Townsville War Cemetery

United States (US) Military Cemetery

The Townsville Cemetery at Belgian Gardens existed prior to WW2 and was used to inter Australian personnel from 1939.

At the commencement of the Pacific War US, British and other Allied personnel were also buried at this Cemetery.

Place information

Location

Evans Street

Belgian Gardens, QLD 4810

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Place type

Cemetery

History

In July 1943, the US Chaplains’ Office noted that improvements were needed during the firing 'salute':

The firing detail shot into the hill [Jimmy’s Lookout] west of our section. The men that we have for this detail are a different group each burial. Some of the men even with a regular detail are a little nervous on this type of duty, therefore, the possibilities of an inexperienced detail shooting high and the bullet ricocheting into the 4^th Air Depot [Garbutt] area is very great. It is also dangerous shooting into the bay. For the Memorial Day service we secured blank ammunition...

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