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Piet Retief Cemetery

  • Country South Africa
  • Total identified casualties 10 Find these casualties
  • Region Mpumalanga
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: -27.01434, Longitude: 30.80497

Location information

Piet Retief is near the border of Swaziland some 385 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg. The old town cemetery is situated at the intersection of Kerk Street and Gerard Bohmer Road about 2 kilometres south of the town..

History information

During the Second World War an Army Training Camp and Military Hospital was established in the town. Piet Retief Cemetery contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.