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Maynamati War Cemetery is located about 90 miles away from the capital city Dhaka in district town Comilla, Bangladesh. During the war in Burma, in the year 1941 to 1945, Comilla had a very large Hospital and reinforcement center. The town also maintained an important air base site of the fourteenth Army Head Quarters until Oct 1944 when it moved to Impale. Many war casualties were berried in Comilla, the place known now as Maynamati War Cemetery. 736 war burials are mainly from the hospitals but some deceased soldiers and airmen were moved from isolated area. The bodies resting in peace are comprised of 3 Sailors, 567 solders and 166
airmen, there is also one non world war grave in the Cemetery.
The war casualties served in the forces of :
UK -357, Canada-12, Australia- 12, Newzeland-4, South Africa-1, Undivided India-178, Rhodesia- 3, East Africa-57, West Africa-86, Barma-1, Belzium-1, Poland-1, Japan-24.
Undivided India in the context means the following countries: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Photography by :
Moyeen Ahmed |
