The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Wampo, Thailand. 19 October 1945. Asian natives sitting on the roof of a truck on a stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo siding approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk). Trucks identical to these were used to transport prisoners of war (POWs) from Singapore to Thailand for the construction of the railway during which in excess of 2,000 Australians and 1,000 British, Dutch and Americans as well as approximately 90,000 Asian workers died.
Wampo, Thailand. 19 October 1945. Asian natives sitting on the roof of a truck on a stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo siding approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. October 1945. Sergeant T. Lee, 8th Division Provost Company, an ex-prisoner of war (POW) member of the War Graves Commission survey party, pictured next to a sign erected fo
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
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 19 October 1945. Members of the Military History Field Team are standing on a section of the Wampo viaduct, looking upstream at the Kwai Noi river. Behind them is the entran
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. September 1945. Japanese soldiers evacuating the Tavoy-Wampo road, coming in to surrender. This road was still under construction by prisoner of war (POW) labourers when
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. 20 October 1945. Wampo is approxiately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 300 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Two Japanese soldiers who act
