Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery

The Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery Monument
in Gander, Newfoundland.

Elsewhere another monument has a plaque reading:

"Begun in 1936 as a terminal airport for transatlantic flights, and originally
known as Newfoundland Airport, Gander Airport became an important
base for the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. It
was enlarged and developed to serve the Atlantic Ferry Organisation
for the transport of aircraft and to accomodate air reconnaissance
planes and military defence forces. It was also the headquarters
of an anti-aircraft regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery.

A cemetery was set up near the airfield for the burials of casualties,
mainly airmen who died in crashes in the area. there are 100 war
graves of servicemen, 94 of them airmen and 6 soldiers, from the
following countries: Canada 80, United Kingdom 18, Australia 2"

Photographed and Copyrighted by Lindsay Fraser (2012)