| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01910.005 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
War Graves Commission Survey Party, 1945 |
| Date made | c Oct 45 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tarsau, Thailand. c. October 1945. St Luke's cemetery, containing 613 graves. The sign above the ...
Description
Tarsau, Thailand. c. October 1945. St Luke's cemetery, containing 613 graves. The sign above the entrance reads "St Luke's Cemetery Tarsao POW Camp. Consecrated on Easter Sunday 1944 to the glory of God & the memory of the men ...... at Tarsao." Tarsau (Tarsao), now known as Nam Tok is 130 kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or 284 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat. Photographed by the War Graves Commission survey party whose task was to locate prisoner of war (POW) cemeteries and grave sites along the Burma-Thailand railway. They also took the opportunity to recover equipment and documents which had been secretly buried, under instructions from senior POW officers, in the graves of deceased POWs.