The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Padre H. C. F. Babb (British ex-prisoner of war (POW)) and a bare-chested Lieutenant Jack Leemon, 26th Australian War Graves Unit standing on a stretch of the railway line. They were members of the Australian War Graves Commission survey party which searched the railway line from Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) to Thanbyuzayat to locate POW cemeteries and recover documents and film, etc which had been secretly buried in individual graves by senior POW officers, for post-war recovery. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
Tampi (Tampines), Thailand. c. October 1945. A stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway. Tampi is 147 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 267 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat.
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
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
Nieke, Burma. c. October 1945. Group portrait of Japanese war crimes suspects, formerly guards at prisoner of war (POW) camps, interrogated by the War Graves Commission survey party. The main Nieke st
Anganan, Burma. c. October 1945. Anganan prisoner of war (POW) cemetery. The sign above the entrance reads "Allied POW cemetery - Anganan 100km camp. We will remember them." Anganan is 100 kilometres
Wampo (Wang Po), Thailand. c. October 1945. Two members of the War Graves Commission survey party, Lieutenant (Lt) J. Leemon and Lt J. E. Eldridge, read a sign erected for them by the Japanese. The si
