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Brencassi (Brankossi), Thailand. c. October 1945. Informal group portrait of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Simpson, LAC R. McGregor and a Japanese train crew after a succesful fishing trip using Japanese hand grenades. Brencassi is 208 kilometres north of Nong Pladok, or 206 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Photographed by the War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate POW cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Thailand railway. They also took the opportunity to recover equipment and documents which had been secretly buried, under instructions from senior POW officers, in the graves of deceased POWs.
Tampi (Tampines), Thailand. c. October 1945. A stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway. Tampi is 147 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 267 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat.
Nieke, Burma. c. October 1945. Group portrait of Japanese war crimes suspects, formerly guards at prisoner of war (POW) camps, interrogated by the War Graves Commission survey party. The main Nieke st
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Street scene with Lieutenant (Lt) J. Leemon and Lt J. Eldridge. Wampo is approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 30
Anganan, Burma. c. October 1945. Anganan prisoner of war (POW) cemetery. The sign above the entrance reads "Allied POW cemetery - Anganan 100km camp. We will remember them." Anganan is 100 kilometres
Kendau, Burma. c. October 1945. The first prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway, occupied by Green Battalion, "A" Force, October 1942. "A" Force, Burma, calculated distances (in kil
Kinsaiyok, Thailand. September 1945. Leading Aircraftman S. O. Simpson, RAAF, and Sergeant J. H. Sherman (Schurman), 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, ex-prisoner of war (POW) members of the War Graves Commi
