The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of four men. Left to right standing: Driver "Scotty" Carlyle, Lieutenant Jack H. Leemon, 26 Australian War Graves Registration Unit, and Captain Bull. The three were members of the Allied War Graves Commission survey party who travelled the length of the Burma-Thailand Railway identifying and arranging the recovery of the bodies of Allied prisoners of war (POW) who died during its construction. Sitting in front is a local Thai businessman Boonpong Sirivejchapan, who regularly risked his life to provide secret assistance to Australian POWs. After the war the British Government awarded him the George Medal for bravery, and he is commemorated in Australia through the Boonpong-Weary Dunlop trust that helps train Thai medical students in Australia.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. December 1945. Group portrait of Australian members of the War Graves Commission survey party outside some attap huts. Most of these men belonged to the 26th Australian Grav
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 25 December 1945. Formal portrait of four Australian and British members of the War Graves Commission survey party. Left to right: Captain Fontes (British Army ?), Intellige
Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. Members of the 26th Australian Graves Registration Unit (26 AGRU) standing beside their jeep (No. 164056) and trailer. The unit was attached to the War Graves Com
Bangkok, Thailand. c. October 1945. Portrait of Lieutenant Bill Kerr, Australian Contact and Inquiry Unit, who was attached to the War Graves Commission survey party. Kerr and other members of the sur
Bangkok, Thailand. c. September 1945. An Australian Army jeep (No. 164056) used by the 26th Australian Graves Registration Unit (26 AGRU). The unit was attached to the War Graves Commission survey par
Prachuap Kiri Khan, Thailand. c. October 1945. Left right: Lieutenant Jack H. Leemon (bare-chested), 26th Australian Graves Registration Unit (26 AGRU); Lieutenant Eldridge, British War Graves; and Ma
