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Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

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Location
  
Thanbyuzayat

Type
  
Military Cemetery

Country
  
Burma (Myanmar)


Owned by
  
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Website
  
Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Owner
  
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a Burma Railway related POW cemetery in Burma (Myanmar).

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It is located at the Burmese end of the construction range of the second world war railway construction, in Thanbyuzayat, and it was considered the location of the terminus of the railway.

thanbyuzayat war cemetery


War dead

There are 3,617 former POWs buried there,

  • 1,651 British;
  • 1,335 Australians;
  • 621 Dutch;
  • 15 Indian Army;
  • 3 New Zealanders;
  • one Canadian.

    • There are 621 Dutch war graves, the rest being from Britain and the Commonwealth.

    References

    Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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