| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00761.024 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Date made | c 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tamuang, Thailand. c. 1945. The Tamuang prisoner of war (POW) camp, thirty nine kilometres north ...
Description
Tamuang, Thailand. c. 1945. The Tamuang prisoner of war (POW) camp, thirty nine kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or eleven kilometres south of Kanchanaburi, 375 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Following the Japanese surrender, it became a temporary holding camp for Australian, British, Dutch and American recovered POWs who had been engaged in railway maintenance, or the construction of defence positions for the Japanese in various locations in Burma or Thailand. Another recovered group had been part of the Wampo-Tavoy road construction work force. (Donor A. Mackinnon)