The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Thailand. 20 October 1945. A Japanese engine driver and two Thai assistants in the cabin of an engine on the Burma-Thailand railway. Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) continued to run the service under Allied supervision.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1973. A memorial erected in 1944 by the Japanese Army to commemorate the thousands of allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) who died while working on the Thailand-Burma Railway. (Orig
Thailand. 1945. Corporal Okada, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway as `Dr Death'. He was sentenced to death and executed for brutal t
Thailand. 1945. A group of Imperial Japanese Army Non Commissioned officers (NCOs) including Sergeant Takeda and `The Rocking Horse'. All of these Japanese soldiers guarded Allied prisoners of war (PO
Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1973. A plaque on a fence enclosing the memorial which was erected in 1944 by the Japanese Army to commemorate the thousands of allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) who died while wo
Saraburi, Thailand. September 1945. Korean guards, members of the Japanese Imperial Army, lined up for an identification parade. The Koreans were amongst the most brutal of the guards encountered by A
Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 1973. A plaque on a memorial erected in 1944 by the Japanese Army to commemorate the thousands of allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) who died while working on the Thailand-Burma Ra
