| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00761.021 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Date made | c October 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tamarkan, Thailand. c. October 1945. The prisoner of war (POW) cemetery at Tamarkan which is ...
Description
Tamarkan, Thailand. c. October 1945. The prisoner of war (POW) cemetery at Tamarkan which is fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk) and five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi. Following the Japanese surrender, it became a temporary holding camp for Australian, British, Dutch and American recovered POWs, who had been engaged in maintenance of the railway, or the construction of defence positions for the Japanese in various locations in Burma and Thailand. Another recovered group had been part of the Wampo-Tavoy road construction work force.