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Chungkai Cemetery
Also called Chonk-Kai Cemetery, this now peaceful area on the banks of the Kwai Noi River is home to the graves of more than 1,700 POWs (1,400 Commonwealth and 300 Dutch casualties), and was also the site of a former POW camp.
The ground where these prisoners are buried is the same place they founded a church and cemetery during their years of internment.
Many of those laid to rest died at the nearby hospital. Like the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, this one is also beautifully landscaped. It lies about two kilometers south of the city and is easy to reach from town by bike.
Tha Ma Kham
Mueang Kanchanaburi District
Kanchanaburi 71000
Mueang Kanchanaburi District
Kanchanaburi 71000
