Plumstead Cemetery in Wynberg, Western Cape

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Wynberg, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape South Africa

Coordinates: -34.02633, 18.47640
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Plumstead is a suburb of Cape Town 15 kilometres to the south of the city. The cemetery is situated on Victoria Road which leads from the centre of Plumstead to Grassy Park.

Cape Town and the nearby Simon's Town were the scene of massive shipping movements (including hospital ships) during both World Wars, and there were military hospitals at Maitland and Wynberg. During the Second World War, naval and maritime air operations were conducted from the area. Instruction under the Empire Air Training scheme was conducted at 65 and 66 Air School at Youngsfield Aerodrome in the Wynberg area, and the Fleet Air Arm was established at the Wingfield Aerodrome. Cape Town (Plumstead) Cemetery contains 145 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 97 from the Second World War. Also in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) within the cemetery are three war graves of other nationalities, and the graves of three civilian building contractors, buried in a communal grave with service personnel, who were killed in an aircraft crash at Elandsfontein whilst inspecting sites for fortification.

The CWGC advises there is the potential for attacks in the vicinity of the cemetery. All visitors are strongly advised to take care and not carry valuables or leave them on display in vehicles.

Plumstead is a suburb of Cape Town 15 kilometres to the south of the city. The cemetery is situated on Victoria Road which leads from the centre of Plumstead to Grassy Park.

The CWGC advises there is the potential for attacks in the vicinity of the cemetery. All visitors are strongly advised to take care and not carry valuables or leave them on display in vehicles.