SERAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.03123, Longitude: 3.36363
Location Information
Serain is a village in the Department of Aisne, 19.5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai, and 6.5 kilometres west of Busigny Railway Station. The cemetery is located on the D960.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Serain was captured by the 66th (East Lancashire) Division on the 8th October 1918.
The Communal Cemetery was extended by the Germans on the North-West side, and in October 1918, the present British Extension was made on the North-West side of the German. After the Armistice the German Extension was removed; 264 German, seven Russian graves and one American were taken to other cemeteries; and 32 British graves (from the German Extension and other German cemeteries) were brought into the British Extension.
There are now 110, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 19 are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 630 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton
Total Burials: 110.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 84, Australia 4, Canada 1, Germany 1, South Africa 1. Total 91.
Unidentified Casualties: 19.
36866 Gunner
Eric Berthon
10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
13th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 40.
Inscription "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori"
Son of Louis de Crillon Berthon and Mabel Florence Berthon of Haileybury College, Brighton Beach, Victoria, Australia.
Eric Berthon
10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
13th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 40.
Inscription "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori"
Son of Louis de Crillon Berthon and Mabel Florence Berthon of Haileybury College, Brighton Beach, Victoria, Australia.
3332 Gunner
Richard Ernest Hicks
14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
17th October 1918, aged 29.
Row B. 15.
Inscription "Until Dawns The Light Dear Son Goodnight Mother"
Son of George and Janet Hicks, of Digby Rd., South Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. Born at Flowerdale, Victoria.
Richard Ernest Hicks
14th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
17th October 1918, aged 29.
Row B. 15.
Inscription "Until Dawns The Light Dear Son Goodnight Mother"
Son of George and Janet Hicks, of Digby Rd., South Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. Born at Flowerdale, Victoria.
54896 Private
Oswald Scaife
9th Bn. Manchester Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 5.
Inscription "At Rest"
Son of James and Mary Alice Scaife, of 6, Kenyon Fold, Bamford, Rochdale.
Oswald Scaife
9th Bn. Manchester Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 5.
Inscription "At Rest"
Son of James and Mary Alice Scaife, of 6, Kenyon Fold, Bamford, Rochdale.
