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Woronora Cemetery was established in 1895 with the first burial on 2 April 1895. [2] In 1902 the Devonshire Street Cemetery was closed to make way for Central railway station and some graves were relocated to Woronora. The first cremation occurred in April 1934. [3]
Land was dedicated as a cemetery site in 1888, with the first interment recorded at Botany Cemetery on 21 August 1893. The Bunnerong Cemetery (opened in 1888), and the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium (opened 1938) were merged with Botany Cemetery in 1972. There are more than 65,000 people buried there.
Pages in category "Burials at Woronora Memorial Park" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Woronora Cemetery railway station was a funerary railway station on the Illawarra railway line in New South Wales, Australia. The station served the Woronora Memorial Park . The station opened months after the first burial in 1900, and closed in 1947 due to the rising popularity in funeral motor cars.
Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: June 13, 1919 Weimar Republic: Berlin: 200,000 [12] Funeral of Michael Collins: August 28, 1922 Ireland: Dublin: 500,000 [13] Funeral of Rudolph Valentino: August 30, 1926 United States: New York City: at least 10,000 [14] State funeral of Jānis Čakste: March 18, 1927 Latvia: Rīga: up to ...
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The United States Army Caisson Platoon of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" transports the flag-draped casket of Sergeant Major of the Army George W. Dunaway on a horse-drawn limbers and caissons during a military funeral procession at Arlington National Cemetery, 2008. A military funeral in the United States is a memorial ...
Although Japan has become a more secular society (see Religion in Japan), as of 2007, 90% of funerals are conducted as Buddhist ceremonies. [2] Immediately after a death (or, in earlier days, just before the expected death), relatives moisten the dying or deceased person's lips with water, a practice known as water of the last moment (末期の水, matsugo-no-mizu).