Memorial sights in Kanchanaburi
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Hellfire Pass Memorial
Viewing the bridge and museums doesn’t quite communicate the immense task of bending the landscape with human muscle. A better understanding comes from a visit to the Hellfire Pass Memorial, an Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce memorial dedicated to the POW labourers, 75km north of Kanchanaburi. A crew of 1000 prisoners worked for 12 weeks to cut a pass through the mountainous area dubbed Hellfire Pass. Nearly 70% of the crew died in the process. A memorial museum and walking trail remember their work and lives.
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Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery
The Kanchanaburi Allied War Cemetery is the final resting place of about 7000 prisoners who died while working on the railway. The cemetery is meticulously maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org), and the rows of headstones are identical except for the names and short epitaphs. It’s just around the corner from the riverside guesthouses, or you could catch a sǎwngthǎew anywhere along Th Saengchuto going north.
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