Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

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Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a Commonwealth war cemetery in Myanmar where many Allied prisoners of war who died building the Burma Railway are buried and commemorated.

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Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth war cemetery
military cemetery
associatedWith Burma Railway
Burma Railway
surface form: Death Railway
burialsFromCountry Australia
Canada
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
other Commonwealth nations
category Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Asia
World War II cemeteries
commemorates Allied prisoners of war
victims of Burma Railway construction
commemoratesConflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
commemoratesEvent construction of the Burma–Thailand Railway
continent Asia
country Myanmar
hasCoordinateLocation 15.9667°N 97.7333°E
hasLanguage Burmese
English
hasMemorial Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery memorial panels
hasPart Cross of Sacrifice
Stone of Remembrance
hasUse burial ground
war memorial
hasWebsite https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2080300/thanbyuzayat-war-cemetery/
inception 1946
locatedIn Thanbyuzayat
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mon State
maintainedBy Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
nearby former Burma Railway terminus at Thanbyuzayat
numberOfBurials over 3000
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Imperial War Graves Commission
surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Burma Railway memorialSite Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Thanbyuzayat hasWarCemetery Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery