The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 of rice, 520 grams of vegetables and 110 grams of meat or fish per man per day. In practice, these figures were seldom achieved during the railway construction period of 1943. Those unable to work because of illness were reduced to half rations, a policy not implemented by POW camp commanders. The rations were equally shared, with the workers accepting a reduced scale. At one stage at the 105 kilometre camp in Burma, the rations were so short that meals consisted of rice and boiled chilli water. In Thailand, for the month of February 1943, Dunlop's O and P Battalions were entitled to 3,212 kilograms (kg) of meat and 18,000 kg of vegetables. They actually received 300 kg of meat and 4,500 kg of vegetables.
Phetburi, Thailand. 23 September 1945. The prisoners of war (POWs) camp now has its own slaughter house. Pictured carrying some of the meat away to the cook house are: SX5119 Private E. A. Harris of W
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 constructio
DUNLOP'S DEDICATION ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE HELLFIRE PASS MEMORIAL WALK TRAIL, BURMA THAILAND RAILWAY IN APRIL 1987. HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND A TYPED COPY
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
Prisoners of war at Konyu River Camp, Burma-Thailand Railway. This sketch is one of several known reproductions. The original, which is much smaller, is in the possession of the artist and was publis
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
