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Revision as of 13:45, 22 June 2021
Chungkai War Cemetery, also known as Chung Kai War Cemetery, is a war cemetery in Tha Ma Kham near Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Established in the 1950s, the cemetery hosts the graves of 1,740 British and Dutch prisoners of war who died during World War II.
Description
The cemetery at Chungkai hosts the graves of 1426 British and 313 Dutch servicemen who died during World War II.[1] The majority of the interred died building the sections of the nearby Burma Railway. The cemetery is built on the site of a prisoner of war camp used by the Japanese army to house Allied POWs during the conflict.[2][3] One source describes Australian soldiers being buried at the cemetery,[4] while another states no Australians are buried there.[5] One website describes the cemetery as being designed by Colin St Clair Oakes.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "Chong Kai War Cemetery". www.tourismthailand.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "THA. Chungkai War Cemetery". World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Hudson, C., 2009. Embodied spaces of nation: Performing the national trauma at Hellfire Pass. Performance Paradigm, 5(2), pp.142-161.
- ^ "Thailand POW Cemetary | COFEPOW". www.cofepow.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Chungkai War Cemetery". www.roll-of-honour.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-17.