Description
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 construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. The central column was for Japanese; the corner structures for Australian, British, American, Dutch POWs and Asian civilians. The Japanese used British POWs to construct the memorial, which was opened with much pomp and ceremony on 21 March 1944. Tamarkan is five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi or fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk). (Donor A. Mackinnon)
Details
Accession Number
P00761.003
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Date Made
c September 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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