Gauteng, JOHANNESBURG, Montgomery Park, West Park / Wespark cemetery

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Gauteng, JOHANNESBURG, Montgomery Park, West Park / Wespark cemetery

Cemetery information:-

Photographs by Richard Wolfaardt, Maud Flink, Annette van Rensburg, Annelie Els, Derek Walker, Juan de Vries, Boris Gorelik, Jaleen de Beer, Brian Britz, Johan Viktor, Kobus Snyman, Johan Reyneke, Emile van Heerden, Kevin McCabe, Peter & Beverley Moss, Maureen Schnittker, Roelf & Riana le Roux, Rian Visser, Hazel Hanslow, Elani Bothma, Jan Kruger, Basil Royston, Clem Berry, Fanie Buys, Elize Calitz, Erica Liebenberg, Marlene Hammond, Isaac van Rensburg, Nico Muller & the South East Witwatersrand Family History Society.

Album incomplete, we do not have photographs of all the headstones.

eGGSA captions by James Anderson, Lorraine Beechey, Celeste Rachmann, Annelie Els, Eleanor Garvie, Annatjie Erasmus, Karen Duvall, Eileen de Jager, Esmé van der Westhuizen, Brian Britz, Annel Meyer, Anina du Plessis, Dal Good, Annette Meyer, Andrié Labuschagne, Liz Graham, Friederike Mars, Riana le Roux, Andries Holtzhausen, Elmari Keyser, Sue van der Berg, Fina de Jager, Terry Terblanche, Rob Jones, George Crewe, Tania Naude, Judi Meyer, Nantes Kruger, Brenda Gassner, Gary Noble, Lisa Botes, Kokkie Duminy, Arlene Leggat, Frida Hagelberg & Fern Swales.

The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the location of the cemetery
Cemetery ID: 2807

Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 3370
GPS: -26 09.568, 27 59.655

Date: 31 Aug 2006

Contributed by: eGGSA

Size: 42 items (31007 items total)

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01. Entrance to West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg Date: 20 Mar 2018 Contributed by: South East Witwatersrand Family History Society Views: 663	02. Entrance - West Park Cemetery Date: 24 Sep 2010 Contributed by: Maureen Schnittker Views: 670	03. Overview Date: 05 Nov 2017 Contributed by: Riana le Roux Views: 613	04. Overview Date: 26 Aug 2011 Contributed by: Derek Walker Views: 928
05. Overview Date: 26 Aug 2011 Contributed by: Derek Walker Views: 774	06. In Memoriam 1914-1918 Date: 13 Oct 2010 Contributed by: Emile van Heerden Views: 1120	07. Overview of Polish Garden of Remembrance Date: 28 Jan 2016 Contributed by: Riana le Roux Views: 632	08. Overview Heroes' Acre Date: 16 Feb 2018 Contributed by: Riana le Roux Views: 646
09. Military section Those who rest here died in the service of the R.S.A. Date: 06 Apr 2008 Size: 26 items Views: 1175	10. West Park Memorial Wall This memorial wall is situated right behind the memorial and graves of the Westdene bus accident victims, close to the main entrance. Date: 28 Oct 2015 Size: 29 items (1315 items total) Views: 1980	11. Commonwealth War Graves - World War II Date: 07 Mar 2015 Size: 29 items (509 items total) Views: 1255	12. South African Police Services Memorial section Date: 31 Aug 2017 Size: 38 items (41 items total) Views: 1031
13. Westdene Dam bus accident memorial and graves Date: 17 Sep 2011 Size: 45 items (49 items total) Views: 9142	14. Chinese Section Untranslated graves Date: 13 Mar 2022 Size: 3 items (37 items total) Views: 50	15. Polish Garden of Remembrance Date: 24 May 2022 Size: 18 items Views: 9	? Unknown :: Illegible Date: 02 Jan 2007 Size: 302 items (328 items total) Views: 1987
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E - Surnames :: Vanne - E Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 22 items (687 items total) Views: 2201	F - Vanne :: Surnames - F Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 8 items (874 items total) Views: 1388	G - Surnames :: Vanne - G Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 9 items (1185 items total) Views: 1818	H - Vanne :: Surnames - H Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 8 items (1494 items total) Views: 1738
I - Surnames :: Vanne - I Date: 18 Mar 2010 Size: 77 items (92 items total) Views: 1202	J - Vanne :: Surnames - J Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 4 items (851 items total) Views: 1389	K - Surnames :: Vanne - K Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 13 items (1297 items total) Views: 2078	L - Vanne :: Surnames - L Date: 27 Feb 2008 Size: 7 items (1336 items total) Views: 1778

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