The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Thailand. 21 September 1945. Aerial view of Phetburi prisoner of war (POW) camp, where 816 Australian ex-POWs were awaiting evacuation. The camp was built by Australian POWs commencing 6 February 1945. At one period 2,500 mixed POWs were quartered in the camp whilst building two airstrips. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand railway. Following completion of the Burma-Thailand railway in 1943, the surviving POWs were concentrated in the Kanchanaburi area. From there, numerous working parties were dispatched in 1944-45 to various locations in Burma, Thailand and Indo China. Phetburi was one of these locations.
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Graves in the cemetery at the prisoner of war (POW) camp at Phetburi. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-T
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Interior of the hospital at the prisoner of war (POW) camp. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres south of Bangkok on the Singapore-Thailand ra
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Australian ex-prisoners of war (POWs) in G strings being issued with clothing by Quartermaster staff at Phetburi POW camp. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximate
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Row of graves marked with wooden crosses in the cemetery at the Phetburi prisoner of war (POW) camp. Phetburi (Petchaburi) lies approximately 160 kilometres sout
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. Private R. H. Dalrymple of the 25th Australian Dental Unit, standing next to an improvised dental chair used in the Phetburi prisoner of war (POW) camp. Phetburi
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. A corner of the Phetburi prisoner of war (POW) camp showing the anti-escape ditch constructed by the Australians under the direction of the Japanese. Phetburi (P
