BRISBANE GENERAL (TOOWONG) CEMETERY
Queensland
Australia
Location Information
Toowong Cemetery is located to the North of Toowong a small town to the west of Brisbane.
Historical Information
With graving docks capable of accommodating destroyers and fuelling facilities, Brisbane became a naval base during the 1939-1945 War. Upon the entry of Japan into the war fixed defences were provided and manned and American detachments arrived and established themselves there. Allied Air Forces Headquarters, a Central Intelligence Unit and the Headquarters of the G.O.C. in Chief, Australian Military Forces were in Brisbane, and in July 1942 the American Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces South-West Pacific Area, moved his headquarters from Melbourne to Brisbane to be nearer the scene of the operations in Papua and New Guinea.
There are now 270 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 117 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated in Toowong Cemetery. There are also 2 Dutch Naval burials here. The great majority of the graves are in the Returned Servicemen's Plot in Portion 10.
World War One Identified Casualties:
Australia 275
United Kingdom 1
World War Two Identified Casualties:
Australia 117
Netherlands 2
United Kingdom 1
Cemetery Pictures © Hilda Maclean
Toowong Cemetery is located to the North of Toowong a small town to the west of Brisbane.
Historical Information
With graving docks capable of accommodating destroyers and fuelling facilities, Brisbane became a naval base during the 1939-1945 War. Upon the entry of Japan into the war fixed defences were provided and manned and American detachments arrived and established themselves there. Allied Air Forces Headquarters, a Central Intelligence Unit and the Headquarters of the G.O.C. in Chief, Australian Military Forces were in Brisbane, and in July 1942 the American Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces South-West Pacific Area, moved his headquarters from Melbourne to Brisbane to be nearer the scene of the operations in Papua and New Guinea.
There are now 270 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 117 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated in Toowong Cemetery. There are also 2 Dutch Naval burials here. The great majority of the graves are in the Returned Servicemen's Plot in Portion 10.
World War One Identified Casualties:
Australia 275
United Kingdom 1
World War Two Identified Casualties:
Australia 117
Netherlands 2
United Kingdom 1
Cemetery Pictures © Hilda Maclean
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Studio portrait of 19811 Sapper (Spr) Ronald King Somerset Alford, Field Company Engineers. A grazier from Corfield, Qld prior to enlistment, Spr Alford embarked with the August Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 21 November 1917. After joining the 10th Field Company Engineers, he became ill at Suez and was evacuated to England suffering from rheumatic fever. He returned to Australia where, on 7 December 1918, aged 20, he succumbed to his illness and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane.
Not listed by CWGC
Not listed by CWGC
308 Private
Donald Peter Biddle
25th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th June 1915.
Grave Reference: No. 16. 16. 12. L1/148. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of 308 Private (Pte) Donald Peter Biddle, B Company, 25 Battalion, of Toowoomba, Qld. Formerly a labourer, Pte Biddle enlisted on 9 February 1915, but died as the result of a railway accident at the Brunswick Street station, Brisbane, Qld, on 5 June 1915, aged 21, prior to his embarkation. Donald Biddle's brother, 1877 Pte William John Biddle, was killed whilst on active service in the First World War and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France
Donald Peter Biddle
25th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th June 1915.
Grave Reference: No. 16. 16. 12. L1/148. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of 308 Private (Pte) Donald Peter Biddle, B Company, 25 Battalion, of Toowoomba, Qld. Formerly a labourer, Pte Biddle enlisted on 9 February 1915, but died as the result of a railway accident at the Brunswick Street station, Brisbane, Qld, on 5 June 1915, aged 21, prior to his embarkation. Donald Biddle's brother, 1877 Pte William John Biddle, was killed whilst on active service in the First World War and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France
Q. 119305 Lance Corporal
Francis Patrick Delaney
A. C. M. F. 1 Grn. Bn. Australian Infantry
27th July 1942, aged 39.
Grave reference: R.S. Plot. Portion 10. Sec. 83. Allmt 17. (GRM/4).
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Son of Thomas and Nora Delaney, of Warwick; husband of Beatrice Evlyn Delaney, of Clayfield.
Studio portrait of Q119305 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Frances Patrick Delaney, 1st Garrison Battalion. L Cpl Delaney enlisted at Warwick, Queensland on 23 September and died of injuries in Australia on 27 July 1942.
Francis Patrick Delaney
A. C. M. F. 1 Grn. Bn. Australian Infantry
27th July 1942, aged 39.
Grave reference: R.S. Plot. Portion 10. Sec. 83. Allmt 17. (GRM/4).
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Son of Thomas and Nora Delaney, of Warwick; husband of Beatrice Evlyn Delaney, of Clayfield.
Studio portrait of Q119305 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Frances Patrick Delaney, 1st Garrison Battalion. L Cpl Delaney enlisted at Warwick, Queensland on 23 September and died of injuries in Australia on 27 July 1942.
4220 Private
Graham Duncan
52nd Bn. Australian Infantry
8th January 1917.
Grave reference: 10. 39. 22. N1/457.
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Studio portrait of 4220 Private Graham Duncan, 52nd Battalion of Kilcoy, Qld. He did not complete his training, dying of cerebrospinal meningitis after being vaccinated.
Graham Duncan
52nd Bn. Australian Infantry
8th January 1917.
Grave reference: 10. 39. 22. N1/457.
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Studio portrait of 4220 Private Graham Duncan, 52nd Battalion of Kilcoy, Qld. He did not complete his training, dying of cerebrospinal meningitis after being vaccinated.
Group portrait of the 2nd Reinforcements, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment who embarked from Sydney on troopship HMAT Shropshire on 20 August 1915.
Identified in the Front Row, 1st on the left is 871 Gunner William G. T. Harris, 11th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died of wounds on 10th July 1918. Grave reference: 24. 2. 9. and 10. P1/415.
Identified in the Front Row, 1st on the left is 871 Gunner William G. T. Harris, 11th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died of wounds on 10th July 1918. Grave reference: 24. 2. 9. and 10. P1/415.
Studio portrait of VX28581 Private (Pte) William John Irving Tatchell, 2/6 Battalion, of Dareton NSW (left), with his daughter Joan Alwyn Tatchell, his son (name unknown), and his wife Lilian. A storeman before enlisting on 3 July 1940, Pte Tatchell embarked for Palestine with the 6th Reinforcements on 7 April 1941. After service in the Middle East, on 5 March 1942 he embarked at Suez for Australia. On 9 October 1942 he was evacuated to 112 Australian General Hospital in Brisbane with a chest wound, and he died of his injuries that day. A Court of Inquiry found that the wound had been sustained in a fight with American soldiers, and that there was no evidence of misconduct on his part.
VX28581 Private William John Irving Tatchell, A. I. F. 2/6 Bn. Australian Infantry, died 9th October 1942, aged 32. Grave reference: R.S. Plot. Portion 10. Sec. 84. Allotment 12. Son of Thomas and Maria Tatchell; husband of Lillian Tatchell, of Geelong, Victoria.
VX28581 Private William John Irving Tatchell, A. I. F. 2/6 Bn. Australian Infantry, died 9th October 1942, aged 32. Grave reference: R.S. Plot. Portion 10. Sec. 84. Allotment 12. Son of Thomas and Maria Tatchell; husband of Lillian Tatchell, of Geelong, Victoria.
2400 Private
Edward James Tyrell
41st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
4th January 1919.
Grave reference: 7A. 50. 14. Q1/158. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of 2400 Private (Pte) Edward James Tyrrell, 41st Battalion of New Farm, Queensland. Pte Tyrrell died of illness on 4 January 1919.
Edward James Tyrell
41st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
4th January 1919.
Grave reference: 7A. 50. 14. Q1/158. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of 2400 Private (Pte) Edward James Tyrrell, 41st Battalion of New Farm, Queensland. Pte Tyrrell died of illness on 4 January 1919.
3897 Private
Joseph Norman Walsh
15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
19th June 1919.
Grave reference: 15. 8. 2. R1/52. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) 3897 Private (Pte) Joseph Norman Walsh, 15th Battalion from Sydney NSW (sitting) and an unidentified soldier from the Grenadier Guards. Pte Walsh enlisted at the age of 35 on 1 October 1915 and embarked for overseas on 30 November 1915 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He was captured at Guillemont, France on 7 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until he was repatriated to England on 2 January 1919. Pte Walsh arrived back in Australia on 18 May 1919 and died on 19 June 1919. He is buried in the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 174.
Joseph Norman Walsh
15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
19th June 1919.
Grave reference: 15. 8. 2. R1/52. (GRM/4*).
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Studio portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) 3897 Private (Pte) Joseph Norman Walsh, 15th Battalion from Sydney NSW (sitting) and an unidentified soldier from the Grenadier Guards. Pte Walsh enlisted at the age of 35 on 1 October 1915 and embarked for overseas on 30 November 1915 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He was captured at Guillemont, France on 7 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until he was repatriated to England on 2 January 1919. Pte Walsh arrived back in Australia on 18 May 1919 and died on 19 June 1919. He is buried in the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 174.
