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Year established | ? |
Country | Thailand |
Location | Kanchanaburi |
Type | POW cemetery |
Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Number of graves | 6,982 |
The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery (known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery) is the main Prisoner of War (POW) cemetery associated with victims of the Burma Railway. It is located in the town of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, and is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are 6,982 former POWs buried there, mostly Australian, British and Dutch.