West Terrace Cemetery — Local services in Adelaide

While the cemetery itself is charming, I and my cousin have been unable to find any records giving the location of our grandfather's grave in WTC. The office was not staffed when we visited today (21.1.15) and the person who answered the phone could only refer us to the touch screen. This, however, gives no location for the grave we seek, and records our grandfather's d.o.d as 1999 instead of November 1946. Our grandfather, Francis Lymer Gratton, was a person of some fame in Adelaide as a music teacher, composer and conductor of the famous Thousand Voices Choirs. Not only can we not find any indicator of the location of his grave, but there is no online information, and the downloadable Records Search request does not seem to allow for this...

Much prefer this new venue down at Lizzy Quay for the orientation and access, right next to the Bus Port. Anyone can get in to the garden grounds for nix, where you can sit on the grass, on some tall stools, in the sun or with some shade. There's a bar that is priced at Perth's average (locals will know what I mean, visitors might find the prices a little steeper than they're used to). There are also food vendors, quite good ones, although I am not sure my three pieces of hard plastic in my dish can qualify as good. Put that aside (with the refund duly given) the flavour was lovely and the...

I wish there was some way of contacting Meredith Whitford. I can understand her disappointment. However, the database shows that Francis Lymer Gratton was cremated in 1946 and this is why a grave cannot be located. The office at West Terrace is never staffed as enquiries are handled by the Cemeteries Authority at Enfield. The staff there are helpful and very keen to help with enquiries either by phone or in person at Enfield. This is a wonderful historic site and well worth a visit for historical interest as well as...