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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery → alsoKnownAs → Don-Rak War Cemetery ⓘ