Anzac Day in Kanchanaburi
April 25, 2010
Anzac Day is a historical celebration day of World war 2 in Kanchaburi in memory of the Australian (A) New-Zealand (NZ) Army Corp (AC) prisoners of war (POW’s) who died in war against the Japanese occupation while building the Burma-Thailand railway.
Many POWs suffered early deaths due to the after-effects of the illnesses and privations of their incarceration. A great majority of them died from malnutrition, jungle fever and general exhaustion since prisoners were forced to work 12 to 18 hour shifts.
The railway was finally completed in August 1943 but at what cost ? The cost of a significant amount of lives and devastation to hundreds of families at home.
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