The naming of the camps users the naming convention, accepted by the Center For Research, this sets out the known details of the camps on the Burma Thailand Railway and makes allowances for the spelling differential. Neil MacPherson and Rod Beattie have worked to make this as accurate as possible. For those who worked on the Burma end, the men used the distance from Base Thanbyuzayat as camp names. Example 35 Kilo Camp, MacPherson's first camp in Thailand, the tendency was to use the name of the nearest village, so the list gives both name (Tanyin) and kilo (35) camp designation. The camps using the standard set by Neil and Rod are shown in Red and the distances  are shown in kilometres from the base camp at Nong Pladuc in Thailand and from the base camp at Thanbyuzayat in Burma. Please click on a camp for more information.           Distance  Railway Camp Notes:           Thailand     Kms          Bangkok                          Nakom Sessi         Also Named: Nakon Chye              Nakom Pathon         Also Named: Nakon Plaot                 0 415  Nong Pladuc Start of construction in June 1942 by British POW’s from Singapore.                 Also Named: Nong Pladuk         Non Pladuk             Thai Nong Pla Duk     Japanese Nompuradokku         2    Konma Transit camp               Also Named: Kon Ma       Komma         3 412  Ban Pong    Singapore     First Transit camp for men from Singapore.             Also Named: Banponmai       Bahn Pong             Japanese Bampommai              Ranpongmai             13    Ruke         Also Named: Rukke       Rukki       Look Kae             Thai Ban Luk Kae         26 389  Tha Rua Transit camp for prisoners marching north.     Also Named: Dharnai       Taruanoi       To Reoa Noi       Tarrau       Talua       Tarowa             Thai Ban Tha Rua         39 376  Tha Muang Base camp for many railway workers at the end of construction. Dutch lived here until 1947.         Also Named: Tamuang       Tamoan       Ta Mueng             Thai Tha Muang         41    Tung Tung                     47    Kaorin         Also Named: Kao Din                 48    Pak Prage                     49    Tung Na Talea             50 365  Kan’buri Hospital Hospital camp for ‘F’ and ‘H’ Forces.                 51 364  No 2 Base Camp Aerodrome camps No’s 1 and 2, Officers camp 1944.             53 362  Kan’buri Base Headquarters of 9th Railway Regiment, in charge of the Thailand end of the construction. ‘F’ and ‘H’ Force Hospital camps.             Also Named: Katbaru       Canbury             Thai Kanchanburi         56 359  Tha Makhan Commencing 26 October 1942 under Colonel Phillip Toosey British and Dutch POWs built two bridges a wooden one and a steel one across the River Kwai (Kwae Yai).                     Also Named: Tamakan       Tha Makham       Tamaken       Tamarkan             Thai Tha Ma Kharm         60 355  Chungkai A work camp then one of the main hospital camps for Thailand POWs, now the site of a War Cemetery                 Also Named: Kao Poon       Kapon             Thai Kao Poon              Section 2     Kms     Burma

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