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Section 1

️Ron Taylor
️Mon Jan 01 2001

The naming of the camps users the naming convention, accepted by the Center For Research, this sets out the known details of the camps on the Burma Thailand Railway and makes allowances for the spelling differential. Neil MacPherson and Rod Beattie have worked to make this as accurate as possible.

For those who worked on the Burma end, the men used the distance from Base Thanbyuzayat as camp names. Example 35 Kilo Camp, MacPherson's first camp in Thailand, the tendency was to use the name of the nearest village, so the list gives both name (Tanyin) and kilo (35) camp designation.

The camps using the standard set by Neil and Rod are shown in Red and the distances are shown in kilometres from the base camp at Nong Pladuc in Thailand and from the base camp at Thanbyuzayat in Burma.

Please click on a camp for more information.

Railway Camps

Notes

KEY

Station

Railway Line Green-B

Camp

Railway Line - 60

Station and Camp

	Bangkok
*Also Named:*	*Krung Thep*

	Nakom Sessi
*Also Named:*	*Nakon Chye*

	Nakon Pathon Hospital
*Also Named:*	*Nakon Plaot*

Thailand

415

	Nong Pladuc:-
Start of construction in June 1942 by British POW’s from Singapore.
*Also Named:*	*Nong Pladuk*
		*Non Pladuk*
	*Thai:*	*Nong Pla Duk*
	*Japanese:*	*Nompuradokku*

413

	Konma
Transit camp
*Also Named:*	*Kon Ma*
	*Komma*

412

	Ban Pong
	Singapore
First Transit camp for men from Singapore.
*Also Named:*	*Banponmai*
		*Bahn Pong*
	*Japanese:*	*Bampommai*

409

	Ban Pong Mai

402

	Ruke
*Also Named:*	*Rukke*
	*Rukki*
	*Look Kae*
	*Thai:*	*Ban Luk Kae*

389

	Tha Rua
Transit camp for prisoners marching north.
*Also Named:*	*Dharnai*
	*Taruanoi*
		*To Reoa Noi*
		*Tarrau*
		*Talua*
		*Tarowa*
	*Thai:*	*Ban Tha Rua*

376

	Tha Muang
Base camp for many railway workers at the end of construction. Dutch lived here until 1947.
*Also Named:*	*Tamuang*
	*Tamoan*
		*Ta Mueng*
	*Thai:*	*Tha Muang*

374

	Tung Tung

368

	Kaorin
*Also Named:*	*Kao Din*

367

	Pak Prage

366

	Tung Na Talea

365

	Kan’buri Hospital
Hospital camp for ‘F’ and ‘H’ Forces.

364

	No 2 Base Camp
Aerodrome camps No’s 1 and 2, Officers camp 1944.

362

	Kan’buri Base
Headquarters of 9th Railway Regiment, in charge of Thailand end of the construction. ‘F’ and ‘H’ Force Hospital camps.
*Also Named:*	*Katbaru*
	*Canbury*
	*Thai:*	*Kanchanburi*

359

	Tha Makhan
Commencing 26 October 1942 under Colonel Phillip Toosey British and Dutch POWs built two bridges a wooden one and a steel one across the River Kwai (Kwae Yai).
*Also Named:*	*Tamakan*
	*Tha Makham*
		*Tamaken*
		*Tamarkan*
	*Thai:*	*Tha Ma Kharm*

355

	Chungkai
A work camp then one of the main hospital camps for Thailand POWs, now the site of a War Cemetery
*Also Named:*	*Kao Poon*
	*Kapon*
	*Thai:*	*Kao Poon*

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