P02310.021 Accession Number: P02310.021

Description

Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 25 December 1945. Formal group portrait of Australian and British members of the War Graves Commission survey party outside an attap hut on Christmas Day. The survey party travelled the length of the Burma-Thailand railway in late 1945 identifying the graves and recovering the bodies of Allied prisoners of war (POW) who died during its construction. Kanchanaburi was commonly called Kanburi by Allied POWs.

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Accession Number
P02310.021
Maker
Lieutenant Jack Holder Leemon
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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