The Official 2/26 Battalion Website

In affiliation with the 2/26 Battalion Family & Friends Association Inc.

"This website came to fruition in an attempt to tell the true story the 2/26th Infantry Battalion, (the only Infantry Battalion raised in Queensland; part of the 27th Brigade, 8th Division) played during the Malay Campaign of World War II.... "The 8th Division constituted 14% of the British force but it took 73% of the battle deaths."

TOWN

CAMP/ CEMETERY

STATION

Thanbyuzayat

Burma Base Camp

Thanbyuzayat Station

 

POW Cemetery

 

4 Kilo Camp

Sth. Thanbyuzayat Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

8 Kilo Camp

Wagale Station

14 Kilo Camp

Thetkaw Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

18 Kilo Camp

Rabao Station

 P.O.W. Cemetery

26 Kilo Camp 

Konniki Station

30 Kilo Camp

Retphaw Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

35 Kilo Camp

Tanyin Station

40 Kilo Camp

Beketaung Station

3 P.O.W. Cemeteries

45 Kilo Camp

Myettaw Station

Thanbaya  

‘F’ Force Hospital

Anankwin Station

 

P.O.W. Cemetery

In general, the railway follows the top of the mountain range between Thailand & Burma. However a special variation was made at The 3 Pagodas. The 3 Pagodas mark the scene of a battle between the Thais & Burmese hundreds of years ago and as such hold special significance to the Thai.

For some political reason the Thais got the Japanese to build the railway up and over the hill beside the 3 Pagodas, rather than taking the sensible route following the contours around the hill.

Thanks to Rod Beattie for this information.

55 Kilo Camp

Thanbaya Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

60 Kilo Camp

Taungzun Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

62 Kilo Camp

Lonsi Station

65 Kilo Camp

Kami Mezali Station

70 Kilo Camp

 Mezali Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

75 Kilo Camp

Entrance to jungle camp

Entrance to jungle camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Apalain

P.O.W. Cemetery

80 Kilo Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

82 Kilo Camp

Apalon Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

85 Kilo Camp 

 Lawa Station

Konya Cutting a.k.a. Hellfire Pass

90 Kilo Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

95 Kilo Camp

Kyondaw Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

98 Kilo Camp

Konya Cutting a.k.a. Hellfire Pass

100 Kilo Camp

Regue Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

105 Kilo Camp

Aungganaung Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

108 Kilo Camp (Three Pagodas)

Paya-thanzu Tuang Station

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Chaunggahla-ya Station

Chaunggahla-ya

114 Kilo Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kami Songkurai

British & Tamils P.O.W Cemetery

Songkurai 

Australian & British P.O.W Cemetery

Songkurai Station

Type of jungle country through which the Thai-Burma Railway was built.

Type of jungle country through which the Thai-Burma Railway was built.


 

122 Kilo Camp

Shimo Songkurai

Many died of cholera

P.O.W. Cemetery

Little Ni Thea

131 Kilo Camp

 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tunnel Party Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Ni Thea

Australian & British P.O.W Cemetery

Ni Thea Station

Ni Thea Bridge Building Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Shimo Ni Thea

P.O.W. Cemetery

Shimo Ni Thea Station

Thimongtha

Dutch & Tamils P.O.W Cemetery

Thimongtha Station

Kanya Camp

Kanya Camp 

 

Lower Thimongtha 

Konkoita

Railway joined 17 Oct 43

Konkoita Station

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kurikonta

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kurikonta Station

Konkoita “H” Force No 2

Swinton’s Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kroeng Krai Station

Kroeng Krai

Dobb’s Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tamrong Phatho Station

Tamarkan POW Camp

Tamarkan POW Camp

 

Tha Mayo Wood Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Mayo Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Mayo Station

A “Dutch" Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Nam Chon Yai

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Nam Chon Yai Station

Tha Khanun North

Tha Khanun Base Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Khanun Camp

Australian Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Khanun Station

Tha Khanun South Camp 

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Wompo viaduct with river Schwe Nam Kwai Noi in the foreground

 

Bangan Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Yongthi Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Yongthi Station

Prang Kasi North Camp

121 Kilo Camp

Prang Kasi

P.O.W. Cemetery

Prang Kasi Station

Prang Kasi South Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Linson (3 Camps)

Hot Springs Camp

Cutting along the Thai-Burma Railway

Cutting along the Thai-Burma Railway

 

 P.O.W. Cemetery

Kui Mang Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Hindat Camp

Hindat Station

Hindat West Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Wang Hin Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kuishi Camp

Hot Springs Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kui Yea Station

POW cemetery at Tamarkan

 

Kui Yea Camp 

Australian Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Lin Thin Camp

Australians & Dutch

Lin Thin Station

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Bhatona Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kinsaiyok Station

Kinsaiyok Manin Camps

3 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Kinsaiyok Jungle No 2 Camp

Saiyok Station

Kinsaiyok Jungle No 1 Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kannyu Station

Kinsaiyok Jungle No 3 Camp

Hintok Cement Camp

Pack of cards bridge near Hintock

Pack of cards bridge near Hintock

 

Hintok Mountains (3 Camps) 

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Hintok River (2 Camps)

P.O.W. Cemetery

Hintok Station

Malay Hamlet

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kannyu No 3 Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Upper Kannyu Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kannyu South Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

A train on the wooden bridge near Tamarkan with steel bridge in the background.

A train on the wooden bridge near Tamarkan with steel bridge in the background.

 

Kannyu River (3 Camps)

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Tampii

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tampii Station

Tampii South

Tonchan Spring Camp 

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Tonchan Station

Tonchan Central

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tonchan South Camp 

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Tha Sao Station

Tha Sao North Camp

Dutch Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Sao (2 Camps)

Hospital Camp

2 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Wang Yai Camp

Wang Yai Station

Pukai Camp

Tha Dan

The railway line winding through the Bilaukmauktaung Mountain Range on the border of Thailand and Burma. This is where F Force worked.

The railway line winding through the Bilaukmauktaung Mountain Range  on the border of Thailand and Burma. This is where F Force worked.

 

Wang Pho North Camp

Australians, British & Americans

Wang Pho Central Camp 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Wang Pho Station

Wang Pho South Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Arrow Hill Camp

Ai Hit Station

Nong Pradai Camp

3 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Tha Kilen Camp

P.O.W. Cemeteries at both

Tha Kilen Station

Camp & Railway Station

Ban Khao Camp

Dutch Camp

 

P.O.W. Cemetery

Ban Khao Station

 

Tha Pong Station

Wang Yen Camp

Wang Lan Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Wang Lan Station

Chungkai

Hospital Camp

  Section of POW Cemetery Chungkai Thailand

Section of POW Cemetery Chungkai Thailand

 

3 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Khao Pun Station

Tha Makhan Camp 

Dutch Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kanchanaburi Base Camp

4 P.O.W. Cemeteries

Aerodrome Nos. 1 & 2 Camps

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kanchanaburi Hospital Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Kanchanaburi Station

Khao Din Railway Workshops

Tha Muang Station

Tha Muang Camp

P.O.W. Cemetery

Tha Rua Camp

Tha Rua Noi Station

Burial along the Burma-Siam Railway  

We're at Taunzan, the 60 kilo camp,

 A place of cholera, disease and death.

Where sorrowfully we watch

so many of our mates,

Bravely draw their last breath.  

Reverently, in silence, with bowed

bare heads we stand,

As yet another we lay to rest

in this foreign land.

A faltering prayer is said,

and then, "attention squad",

The last post is sounded -

for a soul returned to God  

Ruk Khe Station

Ban Pong

P.O.W’s detrained

Ban Pong Mai Station

P.O.W Cemetery

Khok Mo Station

Nong Pladuk (3 Camps)

P.O.W. Cemetery

Nong Pladuk Station

This poem was written at Taunzan, Burma in June 1943,but could so readily apply to all camps along the line.

 

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