Cowra Japanese War Cemetery

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The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery is a burial ground in Cowra, New South Wales, dedicated to Japanese soldiers and civilians who died in Australia during World War II, notably those killed in the 1944 Cowra breakout.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
military cemetery
war cemetery
continent Australia
coordinatedWith Office of Australian War Graves
surface form: Australian War Graves Commission

Cowra Shire
surface form: Cowra Shire Council
country Australia
dedicatedTo Japanese civilians
Japanese internees
Japanese prisoners of war
Japanese soldiers
Japanese war dead
designedBy Yura Gyozo
establishedDuring post–World War II period
eventCommemorated Cowra breakout
World War II
hasAccess public
hasFeature Japanese-style landscaping
boundary fence
central memorial
commemorative plaques
entrance gate
landscaped gardens
lawn graves
memorial tablets with Japanese inscriptions
rows of uniform headstones
shrine-like structures
stone lanterns
hasGraveOf Japanese airmen killed in Australia
Japanese civilians who died in Australia during World War II
Japanese civilians who died in internment camps in Australia
Japanese nationals who died in Australia between 1941 and 1947
Japanese naval personnel killed in Australia
Japanese prisoners killed in the Cowra breakout
Japanese prisoners who died in Australian POW camps
Japanese soldiers who died in Australia during World War II
hasLanguage English
Japanese
hasMemorialTo Japanese war dead in Australia
victims of the Cowra breakout
hasOpeningStatus open year-round
locatedIn Australia
Cowra
New South Wales
locatedNear Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site
surface form: Cowra Prisoner of War Camp

Cowra Japanese War Cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cowra War Cemetery
locatedOn Australian mainland
maintainedBy Australian authorities
Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Government of Japan
nearbyAttraction Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cowra War Cemetery

site of former Cowra POW camp
numberOfBurials 522
over 500
ownedBy Government of Japan
religiousAffiliation non-denominational
significance only Japanese war cemetery in Australia
site of Japanese–Australian war remembrance
symbol of post-war reconciliation between Japan and Australia
tourismType heritage tourism site
war tourism site
usedFor Japanese–Australian reconciliation events
official memorial services
visits by Australian veterans
visits by Japanese delegations
war commemoration ceremonies
yearEstablished 1964

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Cowra hasCemetery Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
World War II Cowra breakout commemoratedBy Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
World War II Cowra breakout commemoratedBy Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
this entity surface form: Cowra War Cemetery
Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre relatedTo Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
Cowra breakout memorial Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
this entity surface form: Japanese War Cemetery Cowra
Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site hasMemorial Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
this entity surface form: Cowra War Cemetery
Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre associatedWith Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery locatedNear Cowra Japanese War Cemetery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cowra War Cemetery
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery nearbyAttraction Cowra Japanese War Cemetery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cowra War Cemetery
Cowra Shire hasCemetery Cowra Japanese War Cemetery