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Nairobi Muslim Cemetery

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Location	:	Nairobi, Kenya
Description	:	The cemetery is located in the Kariokor district of Nairobi about 2 kilometres east of the city centre. The cemetery is approximately 250 metres down Quarry Road on the left. The scattered war graves are mostly to the right of the path about 80 metres from the entrance. During the Second World War, Nairobi was the headquarters of the East African Force and the base for the conquest of Jubaland and what was known as Italian Somaliland, the liberation of what was known as British Somaliland and the sweep north-westwards to open Addis Ababa for the return of... Read More	The cemetery is located in the Kariokor district of Nairobi about 2 kilometres east of the city centre. The cemetery is approximately 250 metres down Quarry Road on the left. The scattered war graves are mostly to the right of the path about 80 metres from the entrance. During the Second World War, Nairobi was the headquarters of the East African Force and the base for the conquest of Jubaland and what was known as Italian Somaliland, the liberation of what was known as British Somaliland and the sweep north-westwards to open Addis Ababa for the return of the Emperor. It was also a hospital centre; No.87 British General Hospital arrived in June 1943 and was still there in December 1945, while No.150 British General Hospital was there for a period in 1943. Nairobi (Quarry Road) Muslim Cemetery contains 33 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

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