South Africa War Graves Project

In Remembrance of
South Africa's War Dead

Roll of Honour memorial book containing the name of GHULAM HUSAIN, Ordinary Telegraphist, 10753. Royal Indian Navy. 18th December 1942. Age 19. Son of Bibi Mariam, of Durban, South Africa. Photo © Glen Swemmer

Photo of Memorial Hall. Photo © Glen Swemmer

The Bombay Memorial can be visited by obtaining the key from the Secretary of the Indian Sailors Home. The Bombay 1939-1945 Memorial is held at the Indian Seamen's Hostel, bombay. The main road leading to the Port Area in Bombay is P.D. Mello Road which runs to the "Gateway of India". The entrance to the Sailors Home is on Thana Street. The Bombay and Chittagong 1939-1945 War Memorials commemorate over 400 sailors of the former Indian Navy and over 6,000 sailors of the former Indian Merchant Navy who were lost at sea during the war years. The memorial takes the form of a Roll of Honour, one copy held at the Indian Seamen's Hostel Bombay and the other in Chittagong War Cemetery.

The South Africa War Graves Project

The goal of the South Africa War Graves Project is to archive photographs of every single South African & Rhodesian war grave from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, Bambatha Rebellion, WW1, Rand Revolt, WW2, Korea, Freedom Struggle, Angola-Border War, Non World War and Police to present day. These photos will either be in the format of a picture of a headstone or a name on a memorial. These photos will eventually be made freely to the family, friends of the deceased serviceperson, school groups, veterans groups and MOTH shell-holes through this website.

Most of the families and friends of South Africa's (and Rhodesia's) war dead will never get a chance to visit the graves of these fallen service people due to the distances and expenses involved with such a journey. Hopefully by archiving these photos we will be able to close a missing chapter in many people’s lives by supplying them a photo of the last restingplace of a loved one. By archiving these photos will have created an online South African national war cemetery. The future generations in turn will hopefully be able to learn from this archive, remember and never forget.

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***NOTE*** - I will be leaving to go back to work Sunday January 31st, for another 21 days. I'll be back February 21/22nd. You can send emails as per usual and I'll get to them when I get back.

January 30, 2010 - Belgium and Italy pages updated.

January 29, 2010 - India page updated.

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