The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tamarkan, Thailand. c. September 1945. A corner of the prisoner of war (POW) cemetery. Tamarkan is fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) and five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi. Following the Japanese surrender in 1945, the bodies from this cemetery were exhumed and reburied in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, together with those from cemeteries along the Burma-Thailand railway south of Nieke (135 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat, or 280 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk) and other cemeteries throughout Thailand. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. October 1945. Neatly laid out temporary crosses in the Allied War Cemetery. There were four prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries in the township of Kanchanaburi, known to POWs a
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 1945. The old Portuguese wall, part of the old walled city. Kanchanaburi is fifty kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 364 kilometres south of Than
Tamarkan, Thailand. c. October 1945. The monument erected by the Japanese near the Tamarkan prisoner of war (POW) camp, in memory of those who died during the construction of the Burma-Thailand railwa
Tamarkan, Thailand. 2 April 1946. Aerial photograph of the monument erected by the Japanese near the Tamarkan prisoner of war (POW) camp, in memory of those who died during the construction of the Bur
Tamarkan, Thailand. 1944. Tamarkan camp was located fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 359 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. The village of Kanchanaburi (Kanburi
Tamarkan, Thailand. c. September 1945. Close up of a bomb damaged plaque on a Japanese monument erected in memory of those who died during the construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Situated near
