Wareham William Robert SX8658
KIA 18th December 1943 Australian Infantry Buried
FindaGrave Memorial ID 23791447
(Db1210)
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
103
KIA 18th December 1943 Australian Infantry Buried
FindaGrave Memorial ID 23791447
(Db1210)
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
103
One Reply to “Wareham William Robert SX8658”
I am a great nephew – so also a Wareham descendant.
Some further info for William Robert Wareham.
Original Burial – Soputa War Cemetery, Papa New Guinea.
Soputa War Cemetery (established in 1943) was a temporary Australian war cemetery for the casualties of the Battle of Gona and Sanananda.
Advertiser Fri 17 Dec 1943
Wounded In Action And Placed On Dangerously Ill List
SX8658 A-Cpl. W. R. Wareham
Advertiser Wed 29 Dec 1943
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wareham, of Lower North road, Islington, have
been advised that their son, A/CpL Bill Wareham, died of wounds in
New Guinea on December 18.
He was one of the Rats of Tobruk. He also served in Syria and at El Alamein. He returned to Australia in March last with the 9th Division.