World War II Cemetery Kanchanaburi Tour

World War II Cemetery Kanchanaburi Tour, visit The War Cemetery Kanchanaburi known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery is the main prisoner of war (POW) cemetery for victims of Japanese imprisonment while building the Burma Railway. It is on the main road, Saeng Chuto Road, through the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand,[3] adjacent to an older Chinese cemetery. The cemetery contains 6,982 graves of British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war, of whom 6,858 have been identified. The cemetery was designed by Colin St Clair Oakes and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is located near the former prisoner of war base camp of Kanchanaburi.[5] There are 6,858 POWs buried there, mostly British, Australian, and Dutch. It contains the remains of prisoners buried beside the south section of the railway from Bangkok to Nieke , excepting those identified as Americans, whose remains were repatriated More details on #worldwarIIcemetery #warcemeterykanchan