Don-Rak War Cemetery

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Don-Rak War Cemetery is a Commonwealth war cemetery in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where thousands of Allied prisoners of war who died during the construction of the Burma Railway in World War II are buried.

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Don-Rak War Cemetery canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth war cemetery
military cemetery
associatedWith Burma Railway
Death Railway
Imperial Japanese Army prisoner-of-war camps
linked to: Japan POW camps
burialOf Allied soldiers
civilian labourers
prisoners of war
category Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Thailand
World War II cemeteries
commemorates Allied prisoners of war
Commonwealth military personnel
World War II casualties
conflict World War II
country Thailand
era 20th century
hasFeature Cross of Sacrifice
Stone of Remembrance
landscaped lawns
memorial structures
rows of headstones
hasGraveType marked graves
unidentified graves
hasJurisdiction Commonwealth War Graves Commission
hasLanguageOnInscriptions English
other Commonwealth languages
hasUse war grave cemetery
locatedIn Kanchanaburi
Kanchanaburi Province
locatedNear Bridge on the River Kwai
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
River Kwai
Thai–Burma Railway Centre
locatedOn Burma Railway
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
memorialFor victims of forced labour on the Burma Railway
operator Commonwealth War Graves Commission
purpose burial of World War II casualties
commemoration of war dead
region Southeast Asia
subjectOf pilgrimage visits by relatives of the dead
war tourism

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Kanchanaburi War Cemetery alsoKnownAs Don-Rak War Cemetery