Labuan War Cemetery

Labuan War Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Labuan War Cemetery
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= 1942-1945
established= 1946
designer=
coordinates=
nearest_town= Labuan town, Malaysia
total= 1788
unknowns= -
by_country=Specific figures are not available
by_war=
World War II: 1,788
source= [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=17000&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission]

Labuan War Cemetery (Malay : "Tanah Perkuburan Perang Labuan") is a Commonwealth World War II graveyard in Labuan, Malaysia. Many of the personnel buried in this cemetery, including Indian and Australian troops, were killed during the Japanese invasion of Borneo or the Borneo campaign of 1945. Others were prisoners of war in the region. This graveyard was erected by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

See also

*Taiping War Cemetery, Taiping
*Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore

External links

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