The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Tarsau (Tarsoe), Thailand. 1943. Close up of a tropical ulcer on the ankle of a prisoner of war (POW). Tarsau, now known as Nam Tok, is 130 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 284 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. It was used by the Japanese as both a staging camp for POWs moving north to work on railway construction, and a base hospital during the period November 1942 to April 1944. During this period 15,029 sick passed through it, of whom 806 died. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
Tarsau (Tarsoe), Thailand. 1943. Close up of an advanced tropical ulcer on the leg of a prisoner of war (POW). Tarsau, now known as Nam Tok, is 130 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non P
Four prisoners of war (POWs) with beri beri. Identified is Jan Hakkaart (left) a radio operator from the Dutch Navy (RNN) who was captured in Java, second from the left is, possibly, NX44799 Private
Thailand. c. October 1945. Members of the Military History Section Field Team with two Japanese soldiers on the bank of the Kwai Noi river, near Tarsau now known as Namtock, 130 kilometres north of No
Tarsau, Thailand. c. October 1945. St Luke's cemetery, containing 613 graves. The sign above the entrance reads "St Luke's Cemetery Tarsao POW Camp. Consecrated on Easter Sunday 1944 to the glory of G
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. 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 Ka
