The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. September 1945. The theatre stage built by prisoners of war (POWs) at Kanchanaburi. Built of timber, bamboo and attap palm leaves, it was used for POW entertainment, subject to the whims and moods of the Japanese camp commander. It included an orchestra pit (a hole dug in the foreground) and curtains made from rice sacks. Kanchanaburi is fifty kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 364 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
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. 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
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 beside rear
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. 1945. Interior of one of the attap huts housing the Dutch medical ward at the Japanese prisoner of war (POW) hospital at Kanchanaburi. The raised sleeping platforms made of
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. 1944. Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) is fifty kolometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 364 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Prisoners of war, probably officers,
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
