COMMONWEALTH WAR BURIALS

Updated February 2006

Commonwealth War Burials

Billinghams from Canada, Australia, United States who gave their lives in the two World Wars

In Memory of

ALBERT GEORGE BILLINGHAM

Private
824
24th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
who died on
Sunday 7th October 1917.

Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number: XXI. B. 4A.
Location: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 12 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans- Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 kilometres along Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road.

In Memory of

RICHARD BILLINGHAM

Private
NX28247
A.I.F. 2/3 Pnr. Bn., Australian Infantry
who died on
Wednesday 20th October 1943. Age 29.

Additional Information: Son of William and Lily Billingham, of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.

Cemetery: LAE WAR CEMETERY, Papua New Guinea
Grave Reference/Panel Number: U. B. 2.
Location: Lae is a town and port at the mouth of the Markham River on the Huon Gulf. Lae War Cemetery is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in the centre of Lae. Within the cemetery will be found the Lae Memorial, commemorating officers and men of the Royal Australian Army, the Australian Merchant Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force who lost their lives in operations in the area and who have no known grave.
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In Memory of

THOMAS TIBBETTS BILLINGHAM

Private
D/139606
who died on
Friday 28th January 1944. Age 21.

Additional Information: Son of William Rupert Billingham and Ann Adams Tibbetts Billingham, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.

Cemetery: MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, Italy
Grave Reference/Panel Number: I. H. 4.
Location: The Moro River Canadian War Cemetery lies in the locality of San Donato in the Commune of Ortona, Province of Chieti, and is sited on high ground near the sea just east of the main Adriatic coast road (SS16). The cemetery can be reached from Rome on the autostrada A25 (Rome-Pescara) by branching on the autostrada A14 and leaving it at Ortona. The approach road to the cemetery from the main road passes under an arch forming part of the little church of San Donato.
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Charles A. Billingham
Boatswain's Mate, First Class, U.S. Navy
05518545
United States Naval Reserve
Entered the Service from: Florida
Died: February 20, 1944
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
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In Memory of

Charles Arthur Billingham,

US Navy was killed in Anzio. 1944.

Leaving a wife Freda Belle and daughter Loretta Gladys