Wodonga level crossing accident

The Wodonga level crossing accident was a vehicle-train crash that occurred on 8 May 1943 when a passenger steam train collided with a bus carrying thirty-four Australian Army personnel at the Tallangatta Road level crossing on the Cudgewa railway line near Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.

[1][2][3] The collision resulted in the fatalities of the bus driver, twenty-three servicemen and a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS).

The impact tore open the front and right side of the bus,[9] causing the bodies to be strewn over the road for 30 to 40 feet.

A finding of misadventure was recorded[3] citing that the bus had no warning of the approaching train as the railway crossing was unattended.

Four military trucks carried the 24 caskets from Bonegilla through Wodonga and Albury, proceeded by of a one-mile-long cortege of 130 vehicles[11][12][8] More than 200 relatives attended the funeral.