Borella Kanattha General Cemetery
Also known as Kanatte General Cemetery
Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka
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Colombo, Colombo District, Western Sri LankaCoordinates: 6.90794, 79.87748 - Cemetery ID:
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The cemetery, at Borella, belongs to the Municipality of Colombo. It contains War Graves (including those of a German soldier, a German merchant seaman, a German interned civilian and an Austrian nursing sister); and a War Cross is erected. The Military Hospital at Colombo received cases of sickness from the troops on the land, or from passing transports. The island, though visited for a short time by the 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Inf., was garrisoned by the local defence units. There are now over 60, 1914-1918 and nearly 300, 1939-1945 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site. 1 casualty of the 1914-1918, and 3 casualties of the 1939-1945 war are unidentified.
The cemetery, at Borella, belongs to the Municipality of Colombo. It contains War Graves (including those of a German soldier, a German merchant seaman, a German interned civilian and an Austrian nursing sister); and a War Cross is erected. The Military Hospital at Colombo received cases of sickness from the troops on the land, or from passing transports. The island, though visited for a short time by the 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Inf., was garrisoned by the local defence units. There are now over 60, 1914-1918 and nearly 300, 1939-1945 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site. 1 casualty of the 1914-1918, and 3 casualties of the 1939-1945 war are unidentified.
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- Added: 31 Mar 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2348420
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