Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park

Fawkner Memorial Park is located in the northern Melbourne suburb of Hadfield, Victoria, Australia.

In 1906, the Municipal Cemetery, Fawkner (as it was then called) opened to meet the needs of the north .

[4] Fawkner Memorial Park is operated by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT), who manage 18 other sites across Victoria, Australia.

In addition Fawkner Crematorium has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to 28 Australian service personnel of World War II – 23 soldiers, 4 airmen and one naval officer – who were cremated there.

They included Elwyn Roy King (1894–1941) who had been a fighter ace in World War I.