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Thailand

 

 

 

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Kan’buri Base-Sign

    Kan’buri Base

Burma

    Also Named:

Kanburi

 

 

 

Katbaru

 

 

 

Kamburi

 

 

Railway Line - 10b

 

Canbury

 

 

Railway Line - 10b

    Thai:

Kanchbanuri

 

 

  Railway Line - Green 30b

 

 

 

 

Workforce

Unit

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese:-

9th Railway Regiment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PoWs:-

I Group

Apr 43 - Aug 44

 

 

 

III Group

Dec 43 - Jun 44

 

 

 

(Hospital)

 

 

 

 

VII Group

Sep 44 - Aug 45

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headquarters of 9th Railway Regiment, in charge of the Thailand end of the construction. ‘F’ and ‘H’ Force Hospital camps.

 

Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. October 1945. Neatly laid out temporary crosses in the Allied War Cemetery

Kan’buri Cemetery

 

Also called the Dessert Camp.

The camp lay across a flat muddy piece of land from Kamburi, known as the aerodrome. Leaving Kamburi for the next upcountry camp, the River Mee Kong Kwai Noi was crossed at the back of the paper factory. The river was about 150 yards across during the monsoon rains.

Information from Railway of Death by John Coast

 

Group VI

What a relief for us then, when at a railway station by the name of Ban Pong we were off-loaded.

But far worse was to come. We were immediately made to march 46km to a place called Kanchanaburi. It appeared to be a centre of Japanese army activity.

Kanchanaburi (Kanburi), Thailand. c. 1945. The prisoner of war (POW) officers' camp showing huts and parade ground

The prisoner of war (POW) officers' camp showing huts and parade ground

Taken 1945

The photo is available from http://www.awm.gov.au

The camp in which we were quartered lay in the middle of a large group of Japanese army camps, where troops of soldiers were constantly arriving and departing. Also groups of prisoners were moving in and out every day and after five days, our group, consisting of approximately 600 Dutch POWs, left. Next camp was Sai Yoku, a Kinsaiyok Sub Camp.

From Neil’s Story

 

April 1943

‘F’ Force arrived at Kan’buri main street and waited in the crowded streets for the arrival of Colonel Bonno’s lorry.

 

Kanchanaburi, Thailand. c. September 1945. The theatre stage built by prisoners of war (POWs) Sep 1945

The theatre stage built by prisoners of war

Taken September 1945

The photo is available from http://www.awm.gov.au

 

 

 

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