Hellfire Pass
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Hellfire Pass, known locally as Chong Khao Kard and in Japanese as Konyu Cutting, is the name of a railway cutting on the former Burma Railway in Thailand, which was built with forced labour during Wo
A portion of Hellfire Pass in 2023
The Australian memorial in the cutting
Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre in 2023
Hellfire Pass memorial plaque
Weary Dunlop
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Colonel Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership while being held prisoner by the Japanese during the Second World War.
Hellfire Pass
…British, Australian and Tamil camps; and the mountain camp, which housed Australian, British and Dutch prisoners. The mountain camp was commanded by Weary Dunlop, and had a bamboo fence to protect against tigers. The first prisoners arrived on 26 January 1943 and were tasked to clear the forest and construct the…
Dunlop in Bangkok, 1945
Dunlop with the victorious Bledisloe Wallabies, 1st Test v NZ 11 August 1934
A bronze statue of Edward Dunlop situated in the Domain Parklands, Melbourne
A bronze statue of Edward Dunlop at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 2nd of an edition of two by sculptor Peter Corlett, the other in the Domain Parklands in Melbourne. This statue "commemorates all Australian doctors and medical staff who served Australian prisoners of war in the Asia-Pacific region between 1939 and 1945." Conserved 1995, remounted 2010