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Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. Phetburi lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand railway. Following the completion of the Burma-Thailand railway in 1943, the surviving prisoners of war (POWs) were concentrated in the Kanchanaburi area. From there, numerous working parties were dispatched in 1944-45 to various locations in Burma, Thailand and Indo China. One of these groups was sent to Phetburi to work on the construction of an aerodrome near Kashu (Katchu) Mountain camp. At the end of the war Allied aircraft used this aerodrome for the evacuation of surviving POWs in the area. 8th Division ex-POWs of the Japanese attending a general parade in their new issue uniforms at the Phetburi POW war camp. Joins photograph 117937.
Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. Phetburi lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand railway. Following the completion of the Burma-Thailand railwa
Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. The ceremony of "The Retreat" being carried out by the 8th Division ex-POWs of the Japanese at the Petburi POW camp. Phetburi lies approximately 160
Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. Phetburi lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand railway. Following the completion of the Burma-Thailand railwa
Phetburi (Petchaburi), Thailand. 23 September 1945. Private Horstman, of the 2/26th Infantry Battalion playing the camp drum (made from a calf skin and a soya bean barrel) during a parade and march pa
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Graves in the cemetery at the prisoner of war (POW) camp at Phetburi. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-T
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Interior of the hospital at the prisoner of war (POW) camp. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand ra
