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    Berrimah War Cemetery Northern Territory Australia
Location
Berrimah War Cemetery was located opposite the 119 Australian General Hospital (119 AGH) east of Darwin in Northern Territory in Australia.

Wartime History
During the war, the remains of thirty-two Japanese airmen that crashed in the Darwin area were buried at Berrimah War Cemetery. Known burials include:

Crew of G4M1 Betty Tail T-361
Pilot  PO1c Shigeoshi Matsuda (KIA)
Co-Pilot  PO1c Kazuo Sasaki (KIA)
Observer  FCPO Jiro Nishikawa (KIA)
Observer  PO1c Sadami Yamashita (KIA)
Radio  FCPO2c Matsu Ebisawa (KIA)
Radio  Terukazu Ooyama (KIA)
Engineer  FCPO1c Yoshio Ito (KIA)
Engineer  FCPO2c Susumu Oniki (KIA)

Today
During the 1950s the Japanese were exhumed and transferred to the Cowra War Cemetery. Today, Kormilda College, transport company compound.

References
Kormilda College

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Last Updated
April 20, 2022

 

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