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6 May 1943
 Passing through - There were big holes in culverts and bridges and little stumps to trip and fall upon all along the distance of miles and miles. It's not roads here in this country, but rough-made tracks through the Jungle; but what the POWs trip on - big holes or stumps in the road are nothing to the Thais or Nips. There were wild animals here also - tigers, etc.
Was glad to get a wash in that swift-flowing, picturesque river as it wound beneath those tall mountains.
We have caught up with some of C and D Force who pioneered this particular area, roads and buildings, campsites, etc. English, Dutch and Australian. About 70 English, some Australians, and over 100 Dutch and Javanese are buried in a rough cemetery in this area of Jungle, 75 miles from Banpong.
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Tarsao Hospital
Also Named:
Japanese 9th Railway Regiment
Around 400 men under the command of Col. Knight (Norfolks) British Officer in charge and a Capt. Suki being the Japanese Officer. The Camp had a Hospital and Cemetery. After a few months more huts were built and the Camp grew to about 800 strong. It was in open jungle and also had a charcoal pit operated by POWs. 
Colonel Knights took a party to Tarsao were he became the Commander of Group IV, there were five groups in total, Group II had about 11,000 men in it, the other groups were made up of similar numbers.
