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Commercial Road Cemetery

Also known as Pietermaritzburg Cemetery

Pietermaritzburg, uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Get directions Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Coordinates: -29.60737, 30.38557
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The cemetery, which is owned and maintained by the Department of Public Works, is situated next to the Pietermaritzburg Prison. During the Second World War, a large transit and disposal camp was established in the Oribi Area close to Pietermaritzburg and this camp was served by the Oribi Military Hospital. A convalescent depot, was operated in the area of the country club in the hills overlooking the city. The cemetery contains 112 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and one from the First World War. There are also seven war graves of other nationalties and one non-war burial in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.(text reproduced with permission of CWGC)

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