The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The railway station at Kanchanaburi (formerly identified as Ban Pong, five kilometres from Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) the starting point of the Burma-Thailand railway). Those prisoners of war (POWs) who travelled by train to Thailand from Singapore, detrained at Ban Pong. From there they began their move to their work camps along the railway site. Some travelled short distances by truck, but most walked. "F" Force, for example, were forced to walk approximately 300 kilometres over a period of twenty days. Most marches took place at night, to avoid the extreme daytime temperatures. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
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
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
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. January 1945. Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) is fifty kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 364 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Prisoners of war line up in a
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. September 1945. Officers' huts at the prisoner of war (POW) camp, seen from outside the camp perimeter. By January 1945 all POW officers in Thailand, except some padres and
Kendau, Burma. c. October 1945. The first prisoner of war (POW) camp on the Burma-Thailand railway, occupied by Green Battalion, "A" Force, October 1942. "A" Force, Burma, calculated distances (in kil
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. 1944. Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) is fifty kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 364 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Two prisoners of war clad only in loi
