Will O'Brien Posted 25 June , 2005 Share Posted 25 June , 2005 As per CWGC Name: JAN MUHAMMED Nationality: Indian Rank: Sub-Asst. Surgeon Regiment: Indian Subordinate Medical Department Date of Death: 25/06/1917 Service No: 1242 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: H. D. 6. Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 25 June , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2005 & the cemetery info Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY Country: Tunisia Location Information: The town of Sfax is 270 kilometres south of Tunis. The War Cemetery lies within the enclosure of the civil cemetery, 2 kilometres south of the town centre on the road to Gabes. It has a private entrance on the main road. Historical Information: In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. In the south, the Axis forces defeated in Egypt at El Alamein withdrew into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. Most of those buried in Sfax War Cemetery died in attacks on successive Axis positions at Medenine, the Marith Line and Wadi Akarit, in March and April 1943. The cemetery contains 1,253 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 52 of them unidentified. The single First World War grave in Sfax War Cemetery was brought in from Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in March 1983. There is also 1 Greek soldier of the 1939-45 war buried here. No. of Identified Casualties: 1203 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 25 June , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 June , 2005 Well it would seem that Jan Muhammed is the only Great War casualty buried in Sfax War Cemetery. Does anyone know the basis behind the relocation of his remains from Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in March 1983. I would have thought that as there are Commonwealth burials at Bizerta Cemetery, this would have been a more logical relocation site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 25 June , 2005 Share Posted 25 June , 2005 & the cemetery info Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY Country: Tunisia The single First World War grave in Sfax War Cemetery was brought in from Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in March 1983. Does anyone know how a Sub-Asst. Surgeon in the Indian Subordinate Medical Department was buried at Bizerta Sidi Saleru Moslem Cemetery in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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