| Place | Asia: Burma Thailand Railway |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01910.009 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945 |
| Date made | c Oct 45 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Thetkaw, Burma. c. October 1945. The first prisoner of war (POW) grave on the Burma-Thailand ...
Description
Thetkaw, Burma. c. October 1945. The first prisoner of war (POW) grave on the Burma-Thailand railway, for VX32628 Driver Private Charles Clifford Johnson, 2/4th Reserve Motor Transport Company, who died at 17.50 hours on 24 January 1943 of diarrhoea, debility and heart failure, aged 39 years, and was buried on 25 January 1943 by Padre Cunningham. The grave was marked with a wooden cross. Thetkaw is fourteen kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat, or 400 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk). Photographed by the War Graves Commission whose task was to locate POW cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Thailand railway. They also took the opportunity to recover equipment and documents which had been secretly buried, under instructions from senior POW officers, in the graves of deceased POWs.