The 16th of October marks 75 years since the Thai-Burma railway and its so-called ‘Hellfire Pass’ was completed – and the memories of the tens of thousands of P-O-Ws who perished during its construction will be honored.
"I’m so proud of the way our people handled themselves"
World War Two veterans, 99-year-old Colin Hamley and 98-year-old Norman Anderton, worked on the infamous Thai-Burma railway Source: SBS
It was the railway built by prisoners of war to supply Japanese forces during World War Two.
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