The cemetery is located in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur and was opened in 1900.

[3] The cemetery has a capacity of 22,000 burial plots, all of which were full by January 2012.

[4] The Cheras War Cemetery is located nearby.

As of 2015, the 22,500 burial plots have been taken up due to high demands from the community and the allocated space by the management failed to meet all the burial requests.

[7] Similarly in 2017, burial plots – bought and paid in 1954, were found to be occupied by new graves.