Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Graves of Australian soldiers in Cairo Cemetery.

The central headstone is that of 390 Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Lambert Fox, 9th Battalion, of Rockhampton, Qld.

Sgt Fox was killed by the explosion of a bomb at Zeitoun near Cairo on 18 February 1916, aged 25.

To the right is the grave of 1380 Private Harold Stanley Freeman, 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, born in Adelaide, SA, who died of meningitis and a fractured skull on 30 January 1916. Second on the right is that of 1254 Trooper John Mallett, 6th Reinforcements, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, who died of disease on the same day. They are all buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. AWM text and image.

Cemetery:	CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Country:	Egypt
Locality:	unspecified
Visiting Information:	Visitors can best reach the cemetery by private car. The cemetery gates have to be closed, although unlocked, during the gardeners working hours, Saturday to Thursday 07.30 to 14.30. Visitors are best advised to contact the Commission's local office which will advise the Head Gardener of the visit - Tel: 00 202 290 1247. Please note the office closes at 12.30 GMT.
Location Information:	This cemetery is within the Old Cairo cemetery area, which is situated approximately 5 kilometres south east of the centre of Cairo. The cemetery area is on the south side of the road Salah Salem, which runs west/east from the River Nile towards the green park area approximately 2 kilometres beyond and eventually towards the Citadel. The cemetery is surrounded by a high wall and the double entrance gates are along Sharia Abu Safein. This road is parallel with the railway line which runs south from Cairo main station and both railway and Sharia Abu Safein cross over the main road. Access up to Sharia Abu Safein is by using the northside ramp above the main road underpass, on the east side of the railway.
Historical Information:	At the outbreak of the First World War, Cairo was headquarters to the United Kingdom garrison in Egypt. With Alexandria, it became the main hospital centre for Gallipoli in 1915 and later dealt with the sick and wounded from operations in Egypt and Palestine. General Headquarters, Middle East Command, was set up in Cairo shortly before the Second World War, remaining there throughout the war years. In January 1941, a Royal Air Force Sector Headquarters for Fighter Defence Canal Zone was established. Cairo was again a significant hospital centre during the Second World War. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery was formerly part of the New British Protestant Cemetery, but plots B, D, F, H, K, M, O, P and Q were ceded to the Commission in 1920. Some graves were brought into these plots from elsewhere in the Protestant cemetery and later, 85 First World War graves were concentrated from Minia War Cemetery, 200 km south of Cairo, where maintenance could not be assured. One burial of the Second World War was moved from Old Cairo Old Latin Cemetery for the same reason. There are now 2,057 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War and 340 from the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. A small number, known to have been buried in other civil cemeteries in Cairo but whose graves are now lost, are commemorated by special memorial. Burials in the following civil cemeteries are now alternatively commemorated in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery: Cairo (Basatin) Jewish Cemetery Old Cairo Jewish Cemetery Cairo Maronite Cemetery Cairo Civil International Cemetery Old Cairo New Latin Cemetery
No. of Identified Casualties:	2,410

Cemetery:	CAIRO NEW BRITISH PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Country:	Egypt
Locality:	unspecified
Visiting Information:	Visitors can best reach the cemetery by private car or taxi. The cemetery gates have to be closed, although unlocked, during the gardeners working hours, Saturday to Thursday 07.00 to 14.30. Visitors are best advised to contact the Commission's local office which will advise the Head Gardener of the visit - Tel: 00 202 290 1247. Please note the office closes at 12.30 GMT.
Location Information:	This cemetery is within the Old Cairo cemetery area, which is approximately 5 kilometres south east of the centre of Cairo. The cemetery area is on the south side of the Salah Salem road, which runs west/east from the River Nile towards the green park area approximately 2 kilometres beyond and, eventually, towards the Citadel. The cemetery is surrounded by a high wall and the double entrance gates are along Sharia Abu Safein. This road is parallel with the railway line which runs south from Cairo main station and both railway and Sharia Abu Safein cross over the main road. Access up to Sharia Abu Safein is by using the northside ramp above the main road underpass, on the east side of the railway.
Historical Information:	At the outbreak of the First World War, Cairo was headquarters to the United Kingdom garrison in Egypt. With Alexandria, it became the main hospital centre for Gallipoli in 1915 and later dealt with the sick and wounded from operations in Egypt and Palestine. Cairo was again a significant hospital centre during the Second World War. Plot N of the New British Protestant Cemetery was used for military burials when the adjoining War Memorial Cemetery was closed at the end of March 1920. This civil cemetery now contains 11 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 15 from the Second World War. The Commission also cares for 2,457 non war graves in the cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties:	2487

Cemetery:	OLD CAIRO NEW LATIN CEMETERY
Country:	Egypt
Locality:	unspecified
Historical Information:	At the outbreak of the First World War, Cairo was headquarters to the United Kingdom garrison in Egypt. With Alexandria, it became the main hospital centre for Gallipoli in 1915 and later dealt with the sick and wounded from operations in Egypt and Palestine. Cairo was again a significant hospital centre during the Second World War. This civil cemetery contains two Second World War graves marked by permanent private memorials, although one of the casualties is now alternatively commemorated in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties:	1