Locations

Map of POW capture locations

Australian Prisoners in the Asia-Pacific

Locations in South East Asia where Australians were captured and the main sites of capture of Australian POWs including…
Black and white sketch of location of Hintok River camp

Camps near Hellfire Pass

In early to mid-1943 many thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian r?musha were brought by the Japanese to work…
Historic photo: POWs on rough wooden bridge

Camps of F Force

The story of F Force is one of the most terrible of the Thai–Burma railway. One of the last labour forces to leave…
Two soldiers wearing slouch hat, ceremonial medals and carrying an automatic rifle, stand heads bowed

Remembering the Railway

In the decades since 1945 prisoners of war and the Thai–Burma railway have come to occupy a central place in Australia…