Kanchanaburi War Cemetry - In the Spirit of Remembrance Day
13-Nov-2007, 04:24 PM
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Kanchanaburi War Cemetry - In the Spirit of Remembrance Day
On the occassion of this year's Remembrance Day, i would like to share with you a few photos that i took at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetry near Bangkok, Thailand during a summer trip earlier this year.
What makes these photos special is the presence of gravesites of two young Canadian soldiers who died at the POW camps while building the Thai-Burma railway...which also included the Bridge on River Kwai. There are approx. over 3000 graves at the cemetry and only two of these belong to Canadians. The rest are mainly British, Australian and a few Americans.
Our guide told us that there were many more Canadians who died during captivity by the Japanese but at the end of the war, only two of them could be identified and buried.
The two Canadians are:
1. Gunner J.C Goodman - Age 28 - Died 3 July 1943
2. Gunner H.W Haslett - Age 29 - Died 23 April 1943
To me...that was the only good war fought by good men.
What makes these photos special is the presence of gravesites of two young Canadian soldiers who died at the POW camps while building the Thai-Burma railway...which also included the Bridge on River Kwai. There are approx. over 3000 graves at the cemetry and only two of these belong to Canadians. The rest are mainly British, Australian and a few Americans.
Our guide told us that there were many more Canadians who died during captivity by the Japanese but at the end of the war, only two of them could be identified and buried.
The two Canadians are:
1. Gunner J.C Goodman - Age 28 - Died 3 July 1943
2. Gunner H.W Haslett - Age 29 - Died 23 April 1943
To me...that was the only good war fought by good men.
Last edited by szuberi; 13-Nov-2007 at 04:29 PM.
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