Adelaide River War Cemetery, War cemetery in Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Adelaide River War Cemetery is a military burial ground with 434 service graves arranged in formal rows across the grounds, each marked with a bronze plaque on a concrete base. The site includes a memorial hall at the entrance where information about the cemetery and its history is displayed on metal wall panels.

Opened in February 1942, right after the first Japanese air raids on Darwin, the cemetery stood beside Australian General Hospital No. 119 and a forward military headquarters. Its site was chosen by Army chaplain Arch Grant, who performed many early burials. After the war the Army Graves Service moved graves here from civil cemeteries and temporary military burial grounds across the north, including Darwin, Katherine, Daly Waters and Mount Isa. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission took over in September 1947.

The cemetery serves as a place where visitors encounter stories of those lost during wartime, with names and personal details carved into plaques throughout the grounds. Walking here connects you to the everyday people from different nations and backgrounds who died far from home.

The cemetery lies 1 km off the Stuart Highway at 105 Memorial Terrace in Adelaide River. Visitors enter through a pale-yellow concrete porte-cochere with sandstone columns, where metal plaques on the inner walls describe the WWII bombing of Darwin and the surrounding area. The military graves stand in the eastern section and the civilian graves in the western lawn; the Cross of Sacrifice is at the rear, directly behind the entrance and the Memorial to the Missing.

The site has an adjoining civil cemetery where 63 civilians are buried, including nine Post Office workers who were killed in the first Japanese air raid on the region. These graves remind visitors that the war's impact extended far beyond military personnel.