Cowra Japanese War Cemetery

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cemetery military cemetery war cemetery

The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery is a burial ground in Cowra, New South Wales, dedicated to Japanese soldiers and civilians who died in Australia during World War II, notably those killed in the 1944 Cowra breakout.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery canonical	5
Cowra War Cemetery	4
Japanese War Cemetery Cowra	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2933367 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
Context triple: [Cowra, hasCemetery, Cowra Japanese War Cemetery]

A. Commonwealth War Cemetery
The Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein is a major military burial ground in Egypt commemorating Allied soldiers, primarily from Commonwealth nations, who died in the North African campaigns of World War II.
B. Kohima War Cemetery
Kohima War Cemetery is a World War II memorial and burial ground in Kohima, India, commemorating Allied soldiers who died in the Battle of Kohima.
C. Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier is a national memorial in Canberra honoring all unidentified Australian service members who died in war.
D. Tama Cemetery
Tama Cemetery is one of Tokyo’s largest and most prominent public cemeteries, known for its expansive grounds, historical graves, and tranquil, park-like setting.
E. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a Commonwealth war cemetery in Myanmar where many Allied prisoners of war who died building the Burma Railway are buried and commemorated.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
Target entity description: The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery is a burial ground in Cowra, New South Wales, dedicated to Japanese soldiers and civilians who died in Australia during World War II, notably those killed in the 1944 Cowra breakout.

A. Commonwealth War Cemetery
The Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein is a major military burial ground in Egypt commemorating Allied soldiers, primarily from Commonwealth nations, who died in the North African campaigns of World War II.
B. Kohima War Cemetery
Kohima War Cemetery is a World War II memorial and burial ground in Kohima, India, commemorating Allied soldiers who died in the Battle of Kohima.
C. Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier is a national memorial in Canberra honoring all unidentified Australian service members who died in war.
D. Tama Cemetery
Tama Cemetery is one of Tokyo’s largest and most prominent public cemeteries, known for its expansive grounds, historical graves, and tranquil, park-like setting.
E. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a Commonwealth war cemetery in Myanmar where many Allied prisoners of war who died building the Burma Railway are buried and commemorated.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ war cemetery ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Australian War Graves Commission ⓘ linked to: Office of Australian War Graves Cowra Shire Council ⓘ linked to: Cowra Shire
country	Australia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Japanese civilians ⓘ Japanese internees ⓘ Japanese prisoners of war ⓘ Japanese soldiers ⓘ Japanese war dead ⓘ
designedBy	Yura Gyozo ⓘ
establishedDuring	post–World War II period ⓘ
eventCommemorated	Cowra breakout ⓘ World War II ⓘ
hasAccess	public ⓘ
hasFeature	Japanese-style landscaping ⓘ boundary fence ⓘ central memorial ⓘ commemorative plaques ⓘ entrance gate ⓘ landscaped gardens ⓘ lawn graves ⓘ memorial tablets with Japanese inscriptions ⓘ rows of uniform headstones ⓘ shrine-like structures ⓘ stone lanterns ⓘ
hasGraveOf	Japanese airmen killed in Australia ⓘ Japanese civilians who died in Australia during World War II ⓘ Japanese civilians who died in internment camps in Australia ⓘ Japanese nationals who died in Australia between 1941 and 1947 ⓘ Japanese naval personnel killed in Australia ⓘ Japanese prisoners killed in the Cowra breakout ⓘ Japanese prisoners who died in Australian POW camps ⓘ Japanese soldiers who died in Australia during World War II ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasMemorialTo	Japanese war dead in Australia ⓘ victims of the Cowra breakout ⓘ
hasOpeningStatus	open year-round ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ Cowra ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ
locatedNear	Cowra Prisoner of War Camp ⓘ linked to: Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site Cowra War Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Cowra Japanese War Cemetery
locatedOn	Australian mainland ⓘ
maintainedBy	Australian authorities ⓘ Commonwealth War Graves Commission ⓘ linked to: Imperial War Graves Commission Government of Japan ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre ⓘ Cowra War Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Cowra Japanese War Cemetery site of former Cowra POW camp ⓘ
numberOfBurials	522 ⓘ over 500 ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	non-denominational ⓘ
significance	only Japanese war cemetery in Australia ⓘ site of Japanese–Australian war remembrance ⓘ symbol of post-war reconciliation between Japan and Australia ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism site ⓘ war tourism site ⓘ
usedFor	Japanese–Australian reconciliation events ⓘ official memorial services ⓘ visits by Australian veterans ⓘ visits by Japanese delegations ⓘ war commemoration ceremonies ⓘ
yearEstablished	1964 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cowra → hasCemetery → Cowra Japanese War Cemetery ⓘ

World War II Cowra breakout → commemoratedBy → Cowra Japanese War Cemetery ⓘ

World War II Cowra breakout → commemoratedBy → Cowra War Cemetery ⓘ