The Scottish War Graves Project

spidge · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: Different Style CWGC Headstone.

(Please delete if off topic)

Hope I have done this correctly to photobucket.

Thought this design may be of interest. Has anyone seen any of this type?

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Spidge

Looking to catalogue photos of all RAAF Headstones and Memorials around the world. I will be placing them on a website so they will be available free of charge to all who want them.

Deaths, 11,091, Cemeteries 1085 in 67 countries.

David McNay

spidge · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

Thanks David,

The image comes up beautifully.

Cheers

Geoff
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Spidge

Looking to catalogue photos of all RAAF Headstones and Memorials around the world. I will be placing them on a website so they will be available free of charge to all who want them.

Deaths, 11,091, Cemeteries 1085 in 67 countries.

spoons · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:32 am Post subject:

I certainly don't recall seeing gold painted lettering before. I wonder if it is a privately funded enhancement? The stone looks a little odd as well, in the photo it looks more like marble than the usual Purbeck stone - is it possible that the whole thing is a private headstone made in the CWGC style?

It's off topic for GWF but you could always try mailing CWGC or send a PM to Terry on GWF to see if they have any thoughts.

\Paul

spidge · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

Hi Spoons,

The entire war cemetery is in that style.

Cheers

Geoff
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Spidge

Looking to catalogue photos of all RAAF Headstones and Memorials around the world. I will be placing them on a website so they will be available free of charge to all who want them.

Deaths, 11,091, Cemeteries 1085 in 67 countries.

Adam Brown · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh

There is no clue in the CWGC details of the cemetery

Cemetery: DENILIQUIN WAR CEMETERY
Country: Australia
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Deniliquin is on Cobb Highway in the southern part of New South Wales. It is only 43 miles from the Victorian border. It is 188 miles from Melbourne. The cemetery is 2 miles from the post office.
No. of Identified Casualties: 29

Apart from this cemetery are other graves in New South Wales like this?

Here are the details for the airman buried in the grave in the photo.

MATTHEWS, ERIC JOHN
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/12/1942
Service No: 53931
Additional information: Son of George Cole Matthews and Elizabeth Jane Matthews; husband of Florence Evelyn Matthews, of Finley.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot D. Row A. Grave 6.
Cemetery: DENILIQUIN WAR CEMETERY

spidge · Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject:

These are a couple more from the same cemetery.

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Spidge

Looking to catalogue photos of all RAAF Headstones and Memorials around the world. I will be placing them on a website so they will be available free of charge to all who want them.

Deaths, 11,091, Cemeteries 1085 in 67 countries.

DerekR · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick

I've never seen headstones like this before - they look like marble?
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kinnethmont · Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 121 Location: aberdeenshire

It is marble and they are used only in Australia. Originally Ulam marble was used but this has been replaced by Chillagoe.
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