Bromley Cemetery is a cemetery in Christchurch

Christchurch

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. It occupies approximately 10 hectares to the east of the city centre, on the corner of Keighleys Road and Linwood Avenue. The Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council

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 maintains and administers the cemetery.

History

The Christchurch City Council searched for additional cemetery land beginning in 1913, and opened Bromley Cemetery for burials in July 1918. Later that year the cemetery become the main burial place for fatalities of the 1918 flu pandemic from the eastern side of the city.

The cemetery has two rows of Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association

Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association

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 (RSA) interments, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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 has records of 109 burials at Bromley, 15 from World War I

World War I

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 and 94 from World War II

World War II

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. On the eve of Anzac Day

ANZAC Day

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 2008, over 160 headstones of veterans were painted over for maintenance to improve the inscriptions, which received criticism from visitors and the RSA due to the timing.

The cemetery is full and only accepts burials to existing plots or ash interments.

See also

• Burials at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch

External links

• Bromley Cemetery on the Christchurch City Council
  Christchurch City Council
  The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the people of Christchurch. Since 2007, the Mayor of Christchurch is Bob Parker, who stood as an independent candidate...
  
  website
• Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database