Bloemfontein (Memoriam Railway) Cemetery

• Country South Africa
• Total identified casualties 10 Find these casualties
• Region Free State
• Identified casualties from Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: -29.14616, Longitude: 26.20831

History information

During the Second World War, a military hospital was established in the Tempe Military Camp, which also housed the headquarters of the Orange Free State Command. Numbers 27 and 62 Air Schools were operated from the Bloemspruit Aerodrome very close to the city, where training was carried out under the Empire Air Training Scheme. Bloemfontein (Memoriam Railway) Cemetery contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.