WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Aura, Auran hautausmaa

Aura

Period
1947
Category
War cemetery
Location accuracy
Precise location

A war cemetery where those who fell in the wars are buried. 39 graves. Memorial designed by Jussi Vikainen. Unveiled 6.12.1956.

Muistomerkin teksti: ”Äiti ja lapsi”

Access and getting there

Osoite: Turuntie 437, 21370 Aura. Muistopaikka. Käyttäydy kunnioittavasti ja noudata alueen omia ohjeita.

Related photographs

Photographs of the same subject from the same municipality. They do not show this site — each caption says what it actually shows.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 13 January 1940

    Ahvenanmerellä venäläistä sukellusvenettä vastaan hyökänneellä saattoalus "Aura II:lla" räjähtää kannella sen oma syvyyspommi. Alus uppoaa ja vie mukanaan 26 miestä.

    Military operation · Aura · 3,7 km

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

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Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Precise location

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)