The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tents pitched among tall forest trees at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway where POWs of H Force were imprisoned. Smoke from a camp fire drifts over the camp (right). H Force was a composite group of approximately 3000 British and 600 Australians. Their headquarters was set up at Tampie (147 kilometres) and they were spread over a stretch of railway between Tonihan (139 kilometres) and Hintok (155 kilometres), with the Australians at Konyu 2 (K2) (152 kilometres). Distances measured as north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk). H Force did not belong to the Thailand POW Administration, but was on loan from the Malaya POW Administration based in Changi. This problem of remote control caused enormous problems for its POW work force, which lost almost 28 percent of its members, including 179 Australians.
Tents pitched among tall forest trees at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway where POWs of H Force were imprisoned. H Force was a composit
Entrance to Number 2 camp at H Force prisoner of war (POW) camp at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), on the Burma-Thailand railway. H Force was a composite group of approximately 3000 British a
Kitchen area at H Force prisoner of war (POW) camp at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), on the Burma-Thailand railway. The personnel shown are all from the 8th Division Supply Unit, who were th
`Dysentery Block' of makeshift hospital set up in tents at H Force prisoner of war (POW) camp at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), on the Burma-Thailand railway. H Force was a composite group o
Konyu, Thailand. c. July 1943. Tents pitched among tall forest trees at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway where POWs of H Force were imp
Konyu, Thailand. c. July 1943. Tents pitched among tall forest trees at Konyu 2 (later known as Malayan Hamlet), prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway where POWs of H Force were imp
