List of Railway Camps
What follows is a searchable list of Railway camps. It is hoped this will be a useful resource because there were so many different camps and they were known sometimes by different names and with quite different spellings. For instance, the camp near Hintok and Hellfire Pass that was known to the Australians as Konyu was written by the Brits as Kanu. Sometimes it was spelt Kenyu. At the Burmese end of the Line, camps were often known by their kilometre marker. Just to confuse matters, these camps also had place names. Hlepauk was known as 18 Kilo but also sometimes written as Alepauk and, if I am not sorely mistaken, it is referred to as Labao in some postwar records. Distances are given from both the Thai end of the line and the Burmese end. In some cases these are approximate. I have included the names of some additional places in Thailand and Burma where POWs spent time. These were not on the Railway and that can be confusing to researchers seeking some clarity. There are a few abbreviations and shorthand references to sources here which I will explain in a separate section below. Like a number of other things on this site, it is a work in progress. Penultimately, I have listed only sites relevant to the Railway here even though Reg Newton spent time elsewhere including a year in Japan. But for anyone wanting to look up sites in Japan, the best resource – better than anything I can produce here- is the camp list on the Roger Mansell site. It is excellent. Feedback or comments on anything posted here are welcome and can be made through the Contact page.
| CAMP | Description | From Thai end | From Burmese end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 315km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Kyandrau. | 315 | 100 |
| 105 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 310km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Anganau. | 310 | 105 |
| 108 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 307km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Payathunza. | 307 | 108 |
| 110 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 305km from Ban Pong.The Bangkwang list refers to this camp at Payatong but that may be confusing Payatonsu (which was around the 115 Kilo) only. | 305 | 110 |
| 128 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Thailand 287km from Ban Pong.This was also called Songkurai Horse Camp. | 287 | 128 |
| 131 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Thailand 284km from Ban Pong. This may refer to Niki Niki. | 284 | 131 |
| 136 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Thailand 279km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Niki [which was different from Niki Niki]. | 279 | 136 |
| 14 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 401km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Wagale. | 401 | 14 |
| 143 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Thailand 272km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Krikuntan. | 272 | 143 |
| 18 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 397km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Alepauk; Rowley Richards calls it Hlepauk; the Bangkwang list refers to it as Labao on more than one occasion. | 397 | 18 |
| 192 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Kuishi. | 223 | 192 |
| 201 Jungle Camp | RW Camp 201/214km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 201 | 214 |
| 203 Jungle Camp | RW Camp 203/212km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 194 | 221 |
| 211 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Brencassi. | 204 | 211 |
| 228 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Nomchanyai. Kilo camps were usually but not always measured from the Burma end which is how I have listed this camp. | 187 | 228 |
| 245 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Krian-Krai. Kilo camps were usually but not always measured from the Burma end which is how I have listed this camp. | 170 | 245 |
| 248 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was this was around Konkoita. | 167 | 248 |
| 26 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 389km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Kun Knit Kway. | 389 | 26 |
| 265 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Konyu. | 150 | 265 |
| 299 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Payatonsu. | 116 | 299 |
| 30 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 385km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Retpo; Rowley Richards calls it Retpu. | 385 | 30 |
| 35 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 380km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Tanyin. | 380 | 35 |
| 45 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 370km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Anarkwin; Rowley Richards calls it Anarkwan. It is also spelt Anaquin. | 370 | 45 |
| 50 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 365km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Tanbaya. Coates wrote that 1,924 very sick patients from the Thai end of the RW were moved there late in 1943 and 660 of them died. It was, “nothing but a dirty depot for depositing the dying.” See Coates Story, p.116. | 365 | 50 |
| 55 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 360km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Khon Khan. | 360 | 55 |
| 62 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 353km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Taunzan [See Pattie Wright]. | 353 | 62 |
| 75 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 340km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Meilo. | 340 | 75 |
| 80 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 335km from Ban Pong. Pattie Wright in ‘MotL’ calls this Aperon. | 335 | 80 |
| 82 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 333km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Apalon or Aperon [See Pattie Wright]. | 333 | 82 |
| 83 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 332km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Apalon or Aperon [See Pattie Wright]. | 332 | 83 |
| 84 Kilo | A camp or a location on the RW which is in Burma 331km from Ban Pong.This may refer to Apalon or Aperon [See Pattie Wright]. | 331 | 84 |
| 95 Kilo | A camp on the Railway. If measured from the Thai end this was Takarin; if measured from the Burma end it probably refers to the 96 Kilo Camp which the Bangkwang list calls Kendo. | 320 | 95 |
| Alepauk | Listed by the AWM as a Railway camp 18 Kilo from Thanbyuzayat. Spelt Hlepauk by Rowley Richards and was the first Railway camp he went to. | 397 | 18 |
| Anaouin | RW Camp 364/51km mark in Burma. Also spelt Anarkwin (Source: NLA Map) | 364 | 51 |
| Anaquin | See 45 Kilo or Anarkwin. | 370 | 45 |
| Anarkwin | RW Camp 370/45km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM) Also called 45 Kilo and spelt Anaquin. | 310 | 105 |
| Anganan | RW Camp 310/105km mark in Burma. Also spelt Ankanan (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 310 | 105 |
| Aperon | RW Camp 337/78km mark in Burma. Also spelt Aparaine and Aparon. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). In Wright ‘MotL’ p.227, Rowley Richards rated this the worst of all camps he experienced. | 337 | 78 |
| Arhill | RW Camp 108/307km mark in Thailand. Also written as Arukiru and shortened to Arhill. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 108 | 307 |
| Arrow Hill | Near Wampo Bridge, Thailand. [6km from Wampo] | 108 | 307 |
| Aruhiko | See Arhill: a RW Camp 108km from Banpong. | 108 | 307 |
| Auganang (105 Kilo) | RW Camp 315/100km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM) | 315 | 100 |
| Auneganaung | RW Camp 310/105km mark in Burma. Also spelt Auganang (105 Kilo) (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 310 | 105 |
| Bampong | See Ban Pong. | 0 | 415 |
| Ban Pong | Start of the Railway in Thailand. [Although Eric Lomax on p.74 of ‘TRWM’ says it started at Nong Pladuk, 3km back towards Bangkok. On p.83: ‘Milepost zero of the railway was just east of Ban Pong’.] Ban Pong is the correct modern spelling but Bampong was the way it was spelt most of the time in 1942. It is sometimes also written as Pandong and referred to as Bampong Junction. Bampong was 50km from Bangkok. | 0 | 415 |
| Banban | RW Camp 215/200km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 215 | 200 |
| Bangkwang Jail | This is 11km north of Bangkok | N/A | N/A |
| Bangon | RW Camp 210/205km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 210 | 205 |
| Bantako | Prob. Thailand but no other information | 375 | 40 |
| Beketaung | RW Camp 375/40km mark in Burma. Also spelt Beketaung and Beke Taung. (Source: AWM) | 375 | 40 |
| Bonjiran | RW Camp 385/30km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) | 385 | 30 |
| Brangkassi | RW Camp 209/206km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Brencassi (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 209 | 206 |
| Chongrai Camp | Thailand. Possibly another version of Chungara or Changaraya. | N/A | N/A |
| Chumphon | Southern Thailand. Also spelt Chumporn and Chumphong. [Don’t get confused with Champlong which was on Timor. See Uren’s ‘Straight Left’, pp.19 -21.] | N/A | N/A |
| Chungara | RW Camp 302/113km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Changaraya and Chaunggahla – Ya. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) Don Wall’s F Force p.33 map places this camp at the 345km mark but his distances seem unreliable. | 302 | 113 |
| Chungkai | Large camp 61km from Ban Pong with sizeable hospital attached. See Chunkai. | 61 | 354 |
| Chunkai | RW Camp 61/354km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Chungkai (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) Parkin says this was the camp where the worst sick were sent after the completion of the RR: p.706, ‘Sword and Blossom’. There were 10,000 men in this camp in March 1944. See R. Hastain, p.188. | 61 | 354 |
| Dai Ni | Dai Ni Coolie Camp was at Kanchanaburi | 50 | 365 |
| Dharnai | RW Camp 26/389km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 26 | 389 |
| Drivers’ Camp | Wright in ‘MotL’ shows this camp between Aperon and Meilo, probably at the 76 or 77 Kilo mark. | 76 | 339 |
| Gai Zai Yok | A camp at Kanchanaburi. | 50 | 365 |
| Heitang | RW Camp 124/291km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 124 | 291 |
| Hindato | RW Camp 198/217km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 198 | 217 |
| Hintok | RR Camp 156/259km mark. There were three Hintok camps: Hintok River, Hintok Road and Hintok Mountain. It seems one of these was sometimes referred to as Hintok Jungle Camp. Dunlop lists three: his ‘present camp’, i.e., Hintok Mountain, English camp at top of hill and a new camp on the river (p.200 ‘War Diaries’). ‘Blue’ Butterworth explains in ‘The Men of the Line’ that Hintok Mountain and Hintok Road were different names for the same place. On p.33 of ‘Straight Left’, Tom Uren says he was at “Hintok Mountain Road” camp. J.M. Kennedy says on p.22 of ‘Priest and Prisoner’ that Hintok Mountain or Hintok Road was also called ‘Tiger Valley’; his says this was an earlier name (but I’m not so sure of that just yet). | 156 | 259 |
| Hintok River | RW Camp 156/259km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 156 | 259 |
| Hintok Road | RW Camp 158/257km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 156 | 259 |
| Honsho | Near Kanchanaburi. Also spelt Honshu. [The distance shown here is for Kanchanaburi.] | 50 | 365 |
| Hunte | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Indo-China | Often listed as F.I.C. for ‘French Indo-China’. | N/A | N/A |
| Kalagaon Village | Burma | N/A | N/A |
| Kanchanaburi | RW Camp 50/365km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Kamburi. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) There was a large PW hospital there as well. | 50 | 365 |
| Kando | RW Camp 5/410km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Kendau and Kendaw (Source: AWM & NLA Map) | 5 | 410 |
| Kanu | RW Camp 150/265km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Konyu, Konyo, Konu and Kenyu Road. (Source: NLA Map). See also Konyu, the more common spelling in Australian sources. | 150 | 265 |
| Kaorin | RW Camp 43/372km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 43 | 372 |
| Kashun Mountain | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Kenyu Jungle Camp | RW Camp 162/253km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 162 | 253 |
| Khonhkan | RW Camp 350/65km mark in Burma. It was the location of a hospital camp. Also written as Khonhkan (55 Kilo) (Source: AWM) Rowley Richards talks about 55 Kilo camp so I assume that was its correct distance marker. His map on p.102 does not give a name; it just says ‘Hospital’. | 350 | 65 |
| Kinsayok | RW Camp 172/243km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Kinsaiyoke. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) There was a large PW hospital there as well. Henning in his history of the 2/40th Bn refers to one of the camps there as “jungle camp No. 1”. This, he says on p.205, was about 7km downriver from Kinsayok [which would put it mid-way btw Kinsayok and Hintok.] | 172 | 243 |
| Kli Kli | [Check spelling on that] Thailand. I have seen it spelt Kli Klai on the document: AWM54 1010/2/28 and Kli Kil. | N/A | N/A |
| Konkoyita | RW Camp 257/158km mark. Also spelt Konquita and Konkoita. | 257 | 158 |
| Konnokoi | RW Camp 360/55km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) [The Bangkwang list puts this at 25 Kilo.] | 360 | 55 |
| Konquita | RW Camp 271/144km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) [Although this mileage is inconsistent with the Konkoita info] | 271 | 144 |
| Konyu | RW Camp 150/265km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Kanu, Konu and Kenyu. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). There were at least three and possibly four Konyu camps: K1 or Konyu River; K2 or Konyu Road and K3 which was opposite Hellfire Pass. K1 or Konyu River may have had two parts. See Wright ‘MotL’ p.76ff. | 150 | 265 |
| Kree | Kree Rly Camp, “Near Endato, Siam.” Probably should be written as Kuie. See notes. | 190 | 225 |
| Krian Krai | RW Camp 250/165km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Krian Krai and Kreung Krai. (Source: AWM & NLA Map) | 250 | 165 |
| Krikunta | RW Camp 268/147km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 268 | 147 |
| Kuie | RW Camp 190/225km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Kuii and Kree. Listed as being “Nr Endato, Siam”. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 190 | 225 |
| Kuishi | RW Camp 192/223km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 192 | 223 |
| Kun Knit Kway | RW Camp 390/25km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM) | 390 | 25 |
| Kyondan (Kangan) | RW Camp 319/96km mark in Burma. Also spelt Kyandrau (100 Kilo) (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 319 | 96 |
| Labao | RW Camp 396/19km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) | 396 | 19 |
| Lampang | Southeast of Chiang Mai in Thailand. | N/A | N/A |
| Langsuan | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Lawa (85 Kilo) | RW Camp 328/87km mark in Burma. Also written as Lawa (85 Kilo) (Source: AWM) | 328 | 87 |
| Linson | RW Camp 203/212km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 203 | 212 |
| Longgi | 62 Kilos from Thabyuzayat, Burma. Also spelt Longyi. [It could also be the same camp as Lonsii which was 2km away.] | 353 | 62 |
| Lonsii | RW Camp 355/60km mark in Burma. Also spelt Lonsi, Lonsi and Lonshy. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 355 | 60 |
| Lopburi | Lachlan Grant on p.154 of ‘Aust. Soldiers in Asia-Pacific in WW2″ says this was a town in central Thailand which housed a camp where POWs were sent after the completion of the Railway. | N/A | N/A |
| Lower Neiki | RW Camp 282/133km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 282 | 133 |
| Lower Sonkurai | RW Camp 290/125km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM). This was also called Shimo Songkurai. Shimo means ‘lower’. F Force called it No.1 Camp. It housed 2,000 AIF men. | 290 | 125 |
| Main Camp | RW Camp 53/362km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 53 | 362 |
| Malayan Hamlet | RW Camp 154/261km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) See also Wright, ‘MotL’ p.66. She places this camp in the complex of camps around Konyu and Hintok. | 154 | 261 |
| Matona | RW Camp 175/240km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 175 | 240 |
| Meiloo | RW Camp 340/75km mark in Burma. Also spelt Meiloe (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). Rowley Richards calls this Milo. | 340 | 75 |
| Menam | There was a camp called Railway Camp at Menam, Thailand. There was also a Menam River Camp. | ||
| Mergui | This was one of the three places to which elements of ‘A’ Force were sent on arrival in Burma. The other two [from memory] were Port Dickson and Tavoy. | N/A | N/A |
| Mezali | RW Camp 346/69km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). Rowley Richards calls this Mizale and places it at the 70km mark | 346 | 69 |
| MT Camp | RW Camp about 8 miles from Kanchanaburi. | 402 | 13 |
| Nagorn Jaisri | Bangkok | N/A | N/A |
| Nakim Nai Camp | ?? Probably Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Nakom Chassi | Also spelt Nacomchassi and Nakorn Chaisri, Thailand. Nakorn Chaisri is listed as being 15km from Nakom Pathong. | ||
| Nakom Mayok | Thailand [This was originally spelt ‘Nakorn’] I have seen it elsewhere as”Nakorn Nayok” and “Nakon Nyok”. It was about 70 miles NE of Bangkok. | ||
| Nakom Nayok | Thailand. See alternative spelling: Nakom Mayok but I think that is wrong. I have seen it elsewhere as”Nakorn Nayok” and “Nakon Nyok”. It was about 70 miles NE of Bangkok. | N/A | N/A |
| Nakom Pathong | RW Camp -13/428km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Nakom Paton and Nakom Patom. (Source: NLA Map). Wright notes that there were as many as 8,000 sick men in this hospital camp. ‘MotL’, p.2. ‘Weary’ Dunlop was in this camp at the end of the war. Coates in his memoir, p.122, says it covered about 200 acres. On p.129 Coates notes the removal of all COMBATANT officers from this camp in January 1945. Medicos were permitted to stay on and Coates became the POW CO for the camp from that time on. On p.152 Coates says there were 4,000 officers and men at Nakom Pathong at the end of the war. HWR, at its peak, the camp held 8,000 personnel (see p.178). | -13 | 428 |
| Neike | See Niki | 284 | 131 |
| Niki | RW Camp 284/131km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Neike, Neiki and Nike. There was an Upper Neike (Kami Neike) and a Lower Neike (Shimo Neike).(Source: AWM List & NLA Map) Mentioned in ref to killing of Pte Durkin and Pte Whitfield. Rowley Richards calls this 131 Kilo camp ‘Little Nike’. Niki was F Force HQ. [For the purposes of these records, I will persist here with the ‘Niki’ spelling but elsewhere I will adopt the more common ‘Neike’.] Cpl James Boyle on p.131 of his memoir says it was about 15km from Songkurai to Nieke which he spells ‘Nicki’. | 284 | 131 |
| Niki Niki | RW Camp 276/139km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) Niki and Niki Niki were 8km apart. This was prob. home to Pond’s F Force party of 700. See Wall ‘Heroes of F Force’, p.2. | 276 | 139 |
| No.1 Mobile Unit | A RW Unit (often referred to as a Camp) operating at the Burma end of the Line. | N/A | N/A |
| Nom Pladok | RW Camp -3/418km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Non Pladuk (Source: NLA Map) Also spelt Non Pladok and Nom Pladok. It was the big hospital near Kanchanaburi. | -3 | 418 |
| Nomchanyai | RW Camp 227/188km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Namuchon Yai (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 227 | 188 |
| Nong Pladuk | RW Camp -3/418km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) Also spelt Non Pladok and Nom Pladok. It was the big hospital near Kanchanaburi where Weary worked until the end of the war. On p.74 of ‘TRWM’, Eric Lomax and Ronald Hastain say Nong Pladuk was where the RW started. | -3 | 418 |
| Nong Praday | RW Camp 102/313km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Nompradai (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 102 | 313 |
| Onti | A RW Camp located to the north of Brangkassi. Ontri is prob. the same place. The distance shown here is a guess-timate. | 205 | 210 |
| Pakon Pathom | Thailand; the location of a hospital. | N/A | N/A |
| Pandong | RW Camp 0/415km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Bampong Junction (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 0 | 415 |
| Payathanau | RW Camp 306/109km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM) | 306 | 109 |
| Payatonsu | RW Camp 299/116km mark probably in Thailand but very close to the Burmese border. Also spelt Payathanau (Source: NLA Map) | 299 | 116 |
| Peetburi | This is probably the same camp as Petchaburi which is in Thailand. | N/A | N/A |
| Petchaburi | Probably Peetburi and Phetburi are alternative spellings. Confirmed to be in Thailand. Some reference mentions an aerodrome also known as Yang Yong and Tai Yong Airfield. Kachu (or Kashu) Mountain Camp is described as being at Phetburi. | N/A | N/A |
| Petpu | RW Camp 385/30km mark in Burma. Also spelt Retpu (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 385 | 30 |
| Pha Pong | RW Camp 77/338km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 77 | 338 |
| Phadaw | RW Camp at 75 Kilo Camp in Burma. (Source: AWM54 1010/2/34) | 340 | 75 |
| Plangkassi | RW Camp probably at 208 Kilo mark. Also spelt Prang Kazi. I am showing the distance the same as for Brangkassi. | 206 | 209 |
| Pratchai | This camp was in Thailand and cannot have been too far from Bangkok. Stanley Pavillard and the ORs of ‘D’ Bn were moved there in mid-May 1945. | N/A | N/A |
| Pukutan | RW Camp 368/47km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) | 368 | 47 |
| Quey | 10km South of Hindato so that is probably a reference to and an alternative spelling of Kuie. | 190 | 225 |
| Raja | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Rajburi | Thailand [Probably a ms-spelling of Ratburi] | N/A | N/A |
| Rank Kao | RW Camp 88/327km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Bankao (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 88 | 327 |
| Ranpongmai Driver Camp | RW Camp 10/405km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 10 | 405 |
| Ratburi | A camp in Thailand and I think away from the Railway. It was occupied at the end of the war by members of 2/40 Bn. | N/A | N/A |
| Retpu | Rohan Rivett refers to this as the POW base hospital. It was at the 30 Kilo mark from Thanbyuzayat in Burma. See also 30 Kilo. | 385 | 30 |
| Rintin | RW Camp 182/233km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Reng Teng (Rin Tin) (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 182 | 233 |
| Ronsi | A location on the Railway in Burma. It is mentioned as the site of a funeral and railroad construction on some AWM images. Probably another name for Lonssi. | 355 | 60 |
| Ruke | RW Camp 13/402km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Ruke (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 13 | 402 |
| Saiyoke | RW Camp 168/247km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Saiyoke (Source: AWM) | 168 | 247 |
| Saraburi | A camp in Thailand where a lot of Japanese were concentrated at the end of the war. It is 100km NE of Bangkok. | N/A | N/A |
| Songkrai | RW Camp 294/121km mark in Thailand. Usually spelt Songkurai in Australian sources. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). There was Songkurai, Shimo (or Lower) Songkurai and Kami (or Upper) Songkurai. Songkurai was originally a British camp but then a mixed Brit/AIF camp. Kami Songkurai was also referred to as Songkurai No.3. See Boyle pp.102-8 where he marches 15km from Shimo Songkurai, through Songkurai to Kami Songkurai. He says it was 2-3km from Songkurai to Kami Songkurai. So that means it was about 12km from Shimo Songkurai to Songkurai. This was Mon 2 Aug 43. At that time, Songkurai was a British camp. Then on p.114 Boyle says it was 8km from Kami Songkurai to Songkurai. There was also, according to Hank Nelson, Naka (or middle) Songkurai. See McCormack & Nelson, p.16. At Shimo Songkurai on p.18 Nelson says the death rate for Australians was 60% and for Brits 80%. | 294 | 121 |
| Songkrai Horse Camp | RW Camp 287/128km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 287 | 128 |
| Spring Camp | RW Camp 139/276km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) In TGG (2006) p.528, this is referred to as 120km Spring Camp. | 139 | 276 |
| Taden | RW Camp 324/91km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) | 324 | 91 |
| Tagire | ?? | N/A | N/A |
| Tah Khinun | Thailand. Also spelt Tha Khanon and Takanun. See the listing for Takenun. Some of these places are also Tai…. | 227 | 188 |
| Tah Muang | Thailand. See Tamuan. | 39 | 376 |
| Tahsao | RW Camp 126/289km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) See also Tarsau. | 126 | 289 |
| Tahsoa North | RW Camp 129/286km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) This was the camp called ‘Reggie’s Retreat’. See Wright ‘MotL’ p.55. | 129 | 286 |
| Tahsoa South | RW Camp 131/284km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 131 | 284 |
| Taimonta | RW Camp 276/139km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 276 | 139 |
| Takanun | See Takunun South on the Railway. | 227 | 188 |
| Takarin | RW Camp 96/319km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Takireu (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 96 | 319 |
| Takenun | RW Camp 227/188km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Dhakunun, Takanun, Tha Khanun and Tah Khinun. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) I am going to use the spelling of Takanun b/c it seems more consistent with what I’ve seen in accounts such as E.R. Hall’s. | 227 | 188 |
| Takilin | RW Camp 85/330 mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) [I am not 100% convinced but I think this is another spelling of Takarin.] | 330 | 85 |
| Takin Tachin | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Takunun South | RW Camp 220/195km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 220 | 195 |
| Tamajao | RW Camp 237/178km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 237 | 178 |
| Tamajao Wood Camp | RW Camp 238/177km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 238 | 177 |
| Tamakan | RW Camp 56/359km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Tamarkan and Ban Tha Makam. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) [BTW: Ban means village] | 56 | 359 |
| Tampie | RW Camp 148/267km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Tampii, Tampi and Tempie. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) The Anzac Portal says this camp was originally Konyu 1 or K1. TGG (2006) p.514 says Tampie was 9k “back up North” from Tonchan Central. | 148 | 267 |
| Tamrongphat | RW Camp 240/175km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) This could also be the place Cam Forbes calls Tamaronpat but he says it was north of Konkoita. (See p.314). | 240 | 175 |
| Tamuan | RW Camp 39/376km mark in Thailand. Also spelt “Tamuang”, “Tah Muang” and “Tai Muang”. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). There was also Tamuang Paat which was at the northern section south of Krian Krai which was 250km from Ban Pong. See Wright ‘MotL’, pp.128 & 147. There was a large PW hospital there as well. This is the camp from which Newton Force left for Japan. The spelling I have used is the one used in TGG: ‘Tamuang’. | 39 | 376 |
| Tamuron Paat | RW Camp 244/171km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 244 | 171 |
| Tanbaya | RW Camp 360/55km mark in Burma. Also written as Tanbaya (50 Kilo) (Source: AWM) | 360 | 55 |
| Tangmang | RW Camp 137/278km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 137 | 278 |
| Tannin | RW Camp 380/35km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 380 | 35 |
| Tapong | RW Camp 73/342km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 73 | 342 |
| Tarsau | RW Camp and location of a large hospital 126km from Bampong. Located between Tampie and Wampo. Spelt Tarso, Tahso and Tahsoa. There was also Tarsau North which may have been known as ‘Reggie’s Retreat’ [that is certainly what is said in Wright’s ‘MotL’, p.55.] However, I have that listed under Tonchan Central. [I have used the spelling ‘Tarsao’ but this is WRONG and so I will use ‘Tarsau’ from now on.] There was a large PW hospital there as well. It is at the modern day location of Nam Tok.[See also Tahsao and Tahsoa North and South in this list.] | 126 | 289 |
| Taungzun. | RW Camp 354/61km mark. [I need to check this further.] | 354 | 61 |
| Tayakao | RR Camp 396/19km mark. | 396 | 19 |
| Tha Kilen | Thailand. Also spelt Tarkilen. Almost certainly Takarin, 96km from Bampong. See R. Hastain, ‘White Coolies’, p.144. | 96 | 319 |
| Thai-Burmese border | RW Camp 293/122km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 293 | 122 |
| Thanbyuzayat | RW Camp 415/0km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) Also spelt Thanbuyuzayat. | 415 | 0 |
| Thangsun | RW Camp 354/61km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) | 354 | 61 |
| Thetkaw | RW Camp 401/14km mark in Burma. Also spelt Tayakao (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 401 | 14 |
| Thi Maung Tha | Near Niki Niki on the Railway, Thailand. So the distances shown are is an approximation. | 278 | 137 |
| Three Pagodas Pass | RW Camp 300/115km mark in Burma. (Source: AWM) | 300 | 115 |
| Tiddim Road | Burma | N/A | N/A |
| Tonchan | RW Camp [Approx 139km] Sometimes written as Toncha. | 139 | 276 |
| Tonchan Central | RW Camp 139/276km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) Reggie’s Retreat (or Newton’s Retreat) was 400m downstream from this. See TGG 2006, p.507. | 139 | 276 |
| Tonchan South | This was where the ‘Tiger’ reigned and Lt-Col. MacKellar had been in charge before Reg Newton arrived. In fact, ‘the Tiger’ was in charge of all three camps at Tonchan, i.e,, Tonchan South, Tonchan Central and Tonchan Spring. In amongst here there was also Reggie’s Retreat. | 141 | 274 |
| Tonchan Spring | RW Camp 143/272km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 143 | 272 |
| Tungoo | Burma | N/A | N/A |
| Ubon | Ubon Camp, Thailand [Also written as Uban] Was on the border with Indo-China about 600km east of Bangkok. [See Summers, p.291.] | N/A | N/A |
| Upper Kon Koita | RW Camp 273/142km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 273 | 142 |
| Upper Sonkurai | RW Camp 298/117km mark in Burma. Also spelt Upper Songkurai (Source: AWM). F Force called this No.3 Camp. It was a very dysfunctional camp and Lt-Col. Kappe was at least for a time in residence there along with other ineffective senior officers; Don Wall says he was here in Sept 43. | 298 | 117 |
| Usahan | Near Nong Pladuk, Thailand. | N/A | N/A |
| Victoria Point | Burma | N/A | N/A |
| Wagale | RW Camp 402/13km mark in Burma. (Source: NLA Map) The AWM List has this located at the Thai end of the Line. | 402 | 13 |
| Wampo | RW Camp 114/301km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map). Also spelt Wang Poh. R. Hastain states on p.144 that there were three Wampo camps: North, South and Central. | 114 | 301 |
| Wan Tao Kein | RW Camp 83/332km mark in Thailand. (Source: AWM) | 83 | 332 |
| Wan Yein | [See Wanyie.] RW Camp 74/341km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Wanyie (Wan Yi). [Although the km distance on this camp needs to be checked. The AWM List has it at 123km from Ban Pong. This is more probably Wan Tao Kein.] (Source: NLA Map) | 74 | 341 |
| Wang Kanai | Thailand | N/A | N/A |
| Wang Lan | [See Wanlung.] Thailand. Also spelt Wang Lun. | N/A | N/A |
| Wang Yai | [See Wanyie.] RW Camp 74/341km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Wanyie (Wan Yi). [Although the km distance on this camp needs to be checked. The AWM List has it at 123km from Ban Pong. This is more probably Wan Tao Kein.] (Source: NLA Map) | 74 | 341 |
| Wanlung | RW Camp 68/347km mark in Thailand. (Source: NLA Map) | 68 | 347 |
| Wanyai | [See Wanyie.] RW Camp 74/341km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Wanyie (Wan Yi). [Although the km distance on this camp needs to be checked. The AWM List has it at 123km from Ban Pong. This is more probably Wan Tao Kein.] (Source: NLA Map) | 74 | 341 |
| Wanyie | RW Camp 125/290km mark in Thailand. Also spelt Wanyie, Wan Yi, Wang Yai and Wanyai. (Source: AWM List & NLA Map) | 125 | 290 |
| Yandoon | Burma | N/A | N/A |
Some of the abbreviations used here are:
AWM: Australian War Memorial.
NLA: the National Library of Australia.
TGG: ‘The Grim Glory of the 2/19th Battalion’.
Other abbreviations are of books which readers will be able to work out based on the author’s name.