The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 the old Tamarkan prisoner of war (POW) camp site, the Japanese used British POWs to contruct the memorial, which was opened with much pomp and ceremony on 21 March 1944. Tamarkan is fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi. (Donor A. Mackinnon)
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. 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. c. September 1945. An Australian soldier surveys the monument erected by the Japanese near the Tamarkan prisoner of war (POW) camp, in memory of those who died during the construct
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
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
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
