REMEMBRANCE DAY KANCHANABURI THAILAND AUGUST 15 2023 #WWII

ALLIED VETERANS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN AT THE WAR CEMETARY IN KANCHANABURI THAILAND
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The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery[2]) 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, adjacent to an older Chinese cemetery. The cemetery contains 6,982 graves of British, Australian and Dutch prisoner of wars of which 6,858 have been identified,

History
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. 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 (Niki Niki), excepting those identified as Americans, whose remains were repatriated.

There are 1,896 Dutch war graves, 5,085 Commonwealth graves and one non-war grave. Two graves contain the ashes of 300 men who were cremated after a cholera outbreak in Niki Niki. The Kanchanaburi Memorial gives the names of 11 from India who are buried in Muslim cemeteries.

Nearby, across a side road, is the Thailand–Burma Railway Centre about the railway and the prisoners who built it. There is also a Dutch Roman Catholic church nearby – Beata Mundi Regina

Dear Dutch people in Thailand, on August 15, the ceremony will take place in Kanchanaburi to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Asia and all the victims of the war with Japan and the Japanese occupation.

The Dutch Embassy in Bangkok invites you to gather for this commemoration at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. You are welcome from 10:30 am at the Thailand-Burma Railway Center. The ceremony will start at 11:00 AM.

You will find the full program at the bottom of this post. We ask you to register in advance via the link below. The number of participants is limited. When the maximum number of participants is reached, the registration link will be closed, and you will no longer be able to register.

As a sign of respect, involvement, and compassion, we wear the Lila Wadi, the Indian jasmine, on August 15. This is available at the memorial in Kanchanaburi.