Wang Lan POW Camp

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Wang Lan was a work camp for prisoners of war used during the construction of the Thailand-Burma Railway in world war II. It was situated on the west side of the river.

Picture: Approximately two kilometers north of Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) on the bank of the Kwai Noi river. Temporary wooden crosses on the graves of Allied soldiers (prisoners of war) in the Chungkai cemetery. There were two cemeteries, one with 1,500 graves and one with 168 graves. Those Australians who had been buried in these two cemeteries, were exhumed and reburied in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery towards the end of 1945. The Chungkai War Cemetery is located in exactly the same site as used for POW burials between 1943 and 1945.

Ayutthaya Historical Research

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