Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Local nameThanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery
LocationThanbyuzayat, Myanmar

The Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a prisoner of war cemetery for victims of Japanese imprisonment who died building the Death Railway in Burma. It is at the Burmese end of the Second World War railway construction, in Thanbyuzayat, 65 kilometres south of Mawlamyine. Thanbyuzayat is considered the terminus of the Death Railway, and is where it connected with the Burmese main line.The cemetery was formally inaugurated on 10 December 1946 by General Aung San and Governor Sir Hubert Rance. It is open every day between 07:00-17:00.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanbyuzayat_War_Cemetery

Address Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma)

Coordinates 15°58'21.857" N 97°43'4.185" E

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