The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. October 1945. Steel rice trucks like these were used by the Japanese to move prisoners of war (POWs) and Asian labourers from Singapore and Malaya to work on the construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. These trucks, sixteen feet long by eight feet wide, normally carried thirty POWs and their belongings, as well as one guard who occupied at least one quarter of the space for himself.
Thailand. September 1945. A section of track, part of the Burma Thailand railway, running through jungle. The railway was constructed by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) in 1942-43 and Asian labourers f
Wampo, Thailand. 19 October 1945. Asian natives sitting on the roof of a truck on a stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo siding approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known
Wampo, Thailand. 19 October 1945. Asian natives sitting on the roof of a truck on a stretch of the Burma-Thailand railway at Wampo siding approximately 114 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. 1943. Prisoners of war (POWs) and native labourers building a bridge either at Songkurai in Thailand or Ronsi in Burma. (Donor A. Seary)
Burma-Thailand Railway. c. September 1945. Japanese rail diesel train, cars and trucks used by the War Graves Commission survey party in their search along the Burma-Thailand railway, for the location
Burma-Thailand Railway. Mess parade for prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, at a camp on the Burma-Thailand railway. In theory the Japanese ration scale for POWs on the railway included 680 grams
