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.
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The prisoner of war (POW) officers' camp showing huts and parade ground
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Taken 1945
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The photo is available from http://www.awm.gov.au
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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
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