THOUSANDS DIED
Building Burma-Siam Railway
BANGKOK, September 24. Sixteen thousand Allied prisoners of war and at least 20,000 Asiatic s*a«’ps in the BurmaSiam railway. Thirty thousand more slaves are missine, with no explanation from the Japanese excent that “they must have run away.”
It, is estimated that 50,000 Allied prisoners of war were forced to work on the railway. The number of Malayans employed is estimated at 75,000, some of whom were “shanghaied,” and others persuaded to go to Siam by promises of good food and money. Experts believe there Is probably some truth in the Japanese claim that 30.0 n" r ., n away, but many must have r»ri h<>d from ‘irvntion end rll-o-sn Conditions in the camps for Asiatics were appalling. Cholera deaths at one period averaged 200 a day. It will be months before the sufferin'’ of Asiatics in these enmn-. can be alleviated.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23315, 26 September 1945, Page 5
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146THOUSANDS DIED Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23315, 26 September 1945, Page 5
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