5.0 TBR Timeline

I, personally, am a very linear thinker. I like things in order. In an effort to put the entries in LTC Tharp’s diary into the overall context of the TBR, I have integrated a number of sources. The primary sources are LTC Tharp’s personal diary (labelled Th) and a USN document of a similar nature as a diary (labelled NAVY). Those labelled as ME are from a multitude of sources; too numerous to credit. Finally, the Thai-Burma Railway Centre (TBRC) published a list of “Significant Dates” which I have integrated. Futamatsu was a professional Engineer on the TBR who published a book on his TBR experiences. Names like Fillmore, Owtram and Berrie are from other sources of which I came into possession.

There are a few mis-connections in some of the dates, but I present them as published. The overall concentration is on the movements and events related to the US POWS (Th and NAVY entries) but I think it is important to know how those fit in with other events that define the TBR.

AUG 2022 Update: In order to honor them, I have added all of the TBR-related deaths and the contents of CPT Cates diary as well as citations found in a number of newly available texts:

The US POWs in the company of others from Java were sent to a number of destinations in addition to the TBR. Some, the E Battery contingent and Zeigler Party went directly to Japan (via Singapore). Many of the officers ended their captivity in the Mukden camp in Manchuria; some direct, others post-TBR. Sumatra was the destination for a few. A handful never left Java.

SOURCE	DATE	EVENT
Stone	12-Jan-1941	RTA attacks thereby beginning the Franco-Thai war	http://books.stonebooks.com/history/vichyvssiam.shtml
Stone	17-Jan-1941	RTN defeated at Ko Chang
Stone	28-Jan-1941	Jp brokered cease -fire
Stone	9-May-1941	Peace agreement signed with Jp
Hashimoto	18-Oct-41	Railway Corps started planning the railway construction.
Th	11-Nov-1941	2/131 departed Camp Bowie
Th	14-Nov-1941	arrived Ft Mason CA
Th	21-Nov-1941	sailed SS REPUBLIC from SF
Th	28-Nov-1941	arrived Honolulu
Th	29-Nov-1941	departed Honolulu on SS Republic	convoy of NIAGRA PENSACOLA Holbrook Meigs Bloemfontein Halstead Chaumont Coast Farmer & Republic
Th	13-Dec-1941	arrived Suva Fiji
ME	16-Dec-1941	Japanese invade Burma
Th	20-Dec-1941	re-routed to Australia
ME	21-Dec-1941	Thai-Japan alliance signed	PM Phibun
Th	22-Dec-1941	arrived Brisbane
Th	23-Dec-1941	to Ascot Race Course
Th	25-Dec-1941	began loading Bloemfontein
Th	30-Dec-1941	departed for Darwin
Th	2-Jan-1942	convoy with PENSACOLA	Holbrook Chaumant & Liberty (sunk)
Fritshe	8-Jan-1942	Charles Mott shot down near TAK	first US POW in Thailand
ME	11-Jan-1942	131 lands at Surabaja Java along w/ 26th FA Bde	aboard Dutch ship Bloemfontein		0
ME	25-Jan-1942	Thailand declares war on the Allies	US AMB Willys Peck interred as prisoner
Th	27-Jan-1942	19th Bomb Grp; 44 men arr from Mindanos PI
Th	28-Jan-1942	22nd Bomb Grp from AUS
Th	3-Feb-1942	2 TXNG KIA on B-17 during first air raid	PFC John Bingham & PVT Don Barnes	141
Horn	4-Feb	Battle of Makassar Strait; damaged by bombing	46 KIA in aft turret
ME	4-Feb	131 servicing planes at Singosari	Malang DEI
NAVY	5-Feb	withdraw for interim repairs at Tjilatjap, Java
Th	9-Feb-1942	air raid destroys 1 75-gun & 3 vehicles	SGT Sparkman injured during air raid
Martin	14-Feb-1942	combined air and amphibious assault to seize Sumatra
Horn	15-Feb	engages a Japanese Force in the Straits  of Timor while escorting a convoy
ME	15-Feb	Singapore surrenders
Th	16-Feb-1942	British AA Batt (40mm guns) arrive Singosari
Martin	18-Feb-1942	Black force under BG Blackburn (AUS) formed	2/131 ordered to support; multiple ammo and commo difficulties
Martin	19-Feb-1942	Air raid on DARWIN leaves port facilities damaged	much shipping re-routed to Perth or Freemantle
Martin	20-Feb-1942	capture of Timor Island
Martin	20-Feb-1942	BG Wavell begins evacuation of Allied troops from Java	included abt a dozen 2/131 liaison personnel
Th	20-Feb-1942	air raid	CPL Holder wounded E Batt		40
Th	24-Feb-1942	visited COL Searle at Bandoeng USF HQ	discussed a general evacuation
Martin	25-Feb-1942	ABDA command on Java is dissolved	defense of Java in the hands of the Dutch
Th	26-Feb-1942	orders to support Black Force under BG Blackburn	total troop strength abt 2900
Th	26-Feb-1942	26th FA Bde to Tjilatjap harbor for evac	17 (18) men reassigned to 131 as replacements for those assigned/evacuated with the AAF
Th	26-Feb-1942	E Batt to remain Singosari / Surabaja	under the command of Dutch Gen Ilgen
ME	27-Feb-1942	Battle of the Java Sea	Adm Doorman KIA
Th	27-Feb-1942	left Malang for Jakarta			47
ME	28-Feb	Houston and Perth sunk in Sunda Strait	1,061 aboard, 368 survived, including 34 of the 74-man Marine Detachment
Th	28-Feb-1942	to Tasikmalaja
TBRC	1-Mar	Jp issues TBR orders
Th	1-Mar-1942	to Buitenzorg reported to Black Force			49
Martin	2-Mar-1942	AUS  2/2 Pioneers; 2/3 & 2/4 MG BNs guard the Leuwillang Rvr bridge	2/131 in support
Martin	3-Mar-1942	E Batt ‘liberates’ a warehouse and eats their last full meal for years to come.
Hashimoto	4-Mar-42	GSO ordered the Southern Army Cmd to start the Burma Operation.
Th	4-Mar-1942	to Sourkaboeni
Th	5-Mar-1942	to Bandoeng (rubber plantation)	PVT RHODES Bruce  “Dusty” KIA of acc GSW/booby trap
Martin	6-Mar-1942	E Batt establishes itself in the Surabaja zoo
ME	7-Mar-1942	Rangoon falls to the IJA
Th	7-Mar-1942	fall back to Garoet race track then tea plantation
Hashimoto	8-Mar-42	IJAʼs15th Army occupied Rangoon.
Martin	8-Mar-1942	capitulation; about 11,000 Allied troops became POWs plus their Dutch hosts	elements of the IJA Eastern landing force reach the southern port of Tjilitap		57
Mansell	9-Mar-1942	Franklin Gottlieb Goedel; US citizen serving with KNIL captured	born 1901 PHILA PA; died Jan 44 at Changaraya camp
Berrie	10-Mar-1942	CPT Dodson and small grp captured on Madura Island	E Batt  attempted evasion		0
Futamatsu	13-Mar	first Railroad Engineers arr BanPong
Hashimoto	15-Mar-42	Railway Corps started the field research for railway construction.
Th	18-Mar-1942	began march to Batavia
Th	19-Mar-1942	to Tjbatoe by truck (Tandjoen Priok docks area)			9
Hashimoto	23-Mar-42	IJA requests 3,000 Thai laborers	arrival of POWs from Singapore promised
Rogers	25-Mar-1942	Main 131 grp to Chinese school compound in Batavia
ME	26-Mar-1942	first USN dies of wounds	LT(jg)Francis Weiler
Th	30-Mar-1942	to Bicycle Camp	met by 14 other ARMY (?) and 343 HOUSTON survivors		20
Hashimoto	3-Apr-42	No.5 Flying Division took an aerial photo of the construction area.
NAVY	5-Apr-1942	LT Ross w/ 25 USN arr Bicycle Camp
Maher	6-Apr-1942	8 (senior) HOUSTON staff to Japan	including CDR Maher to Zentsuji / Omori
NAVY	13-Apr-1942	Lt(jg) Hamlin w/ 35 arr BC	Detre(OH 475); Melvin Mahlant
NAVY	13-Apr-1942	COL Searle arr BC w/ 2 enlisted
NAVY	15-Apr-1942	150 USN arr BC	unspecified as to service USN / USMC?
NAVY	15-Apr-1942	Flt Sgt John Morgan of Eagle Sqrd arr BC	(fraudulent US POW)
Hashimoto	18-Apr-42	Doolittle airstrikes on Japan
NAVY	5-May-1942	first USN death from dysentery	LT Ross died
AWM	14-May	3,000 Australian POWs left Changi to Burma (known as A-Force)	2/30 Bn Ramsey & 2/4MG Green
Hashimoto	14-May-42	A Force 3000 was dispatched to Burma.
NAVY	14-May-1942	131 TXNG arr BC [confirmed by others]	also SM1c CL Seal is w/ TXNG ???		65
Mansell	20-May-1942	British Sumatra (aka Medan) C Force arr Hlepauk (18 KILO)	Capt(Dr) Coates; 500 men
AUS	26-May-1942	A Force arrives Burma	via TAVOY on Celebres Maru
Hashimoto	31-May-42	IJA offered the Railway construction to the Thai Govt.
Hashimoto	1-Jun-42	IJA formally requested the Thais to permit the POW camp in Ban Pong
Tamayama	7-Jun-1942	Southern Army orders TBR construction
Hashimoto	8-Jun-42	Battle of Midway and IJNʼs defeat
Fujita	18-Jun-1942	bulk of E Battery at Bicycle from Surabaja			100
TBRC	18-Jun	3,000 British POWS left Changi to Ban Pong aka Grp #1
Ramsey	23-Jun-1942	Sykes grp of 600 British arr BanPong/NongPlaDuk
ME	29-Jun-1942	US AMB Willys Peck departs Thailand
Hashimoto	30-Jun-42	675 more POWs arrived in Ban Pong  (mainly British)	3,150 POWs in Ban Pong
ME	1-Jul-1942	131 non-POW death in AAF crash	PVT Byron West
Owtram	Jul-42	UK 137th FA departs for TBR	2 camps t Ban Pong
ME	5-Jul	Japanese engineers begin to survey the route of the TBR
AUS	8-Jul-1942	B Force departs for Borneo	1500 AUS to Kunchig camp
NAVY	9-Jul-1942		Flt Sgt John Morgan injured in fall
Owtram	20-Jul-1942	first 137FA death at Ban Pong	UK POWs doing road construction
Hashimoto	15-Aug-42	Thai POW Camp was officially established.
Hashimoto	16-Aug-42	C Force  2.2K to JAPAN	to Kobe and Naoetsu camps
Reminick	10-Sep-1942	Michel sinks the AMERICAN LEADER
Hashimoto	15-Sep-42	60 POWs from No.2 Camp (NPD) arrived at Chungkai.	by mid-OCT 500 more
ME	16-Sep-1942	Nong Pladuk marker dates beginning of construction	Thais build first 50 Km in TH
Th	18-Sep-1942	new camp Commandant and guards replace at BC
Owtram	20-Sep-1942	monsoon floods BanPong camp
Hashimoto	27-Sep-42	Thai Railway Bureau started the construction between Ban Pong and Kanchanaburi
Fillmore	1-Oct-1942	USN personnel given plaque vaccine
Hashimoto	1-Oct-42	Thai POW Camp Command established No.4 Camp.
Hashimoto	1-Oct-42	3,000 POWs under the 9th Railway Rgt transferred to  #1 and 2 camps
TBRC	1-Oct-1942	Grp 3 (Green Force) begin work at Kandaw (KILO 4)	start of TBR construction in Burma
NAVY	2-Oct-1942	Fz – Gilmore, Hiner, Stenland & 124 men depart BC	89 AUS in that party  aka Grp 3
Th	4-Oct-1942	Fz party of 191 depart BC aka GRP 3 on King Kong Maru	includes 62 Houston under LTjg Hanlin		209
Mansell	5-Oct-1942	Anderson Force arr Than (0 KILO)  aka A-force	750 Ors; 37 Off & 38 Wos
2/4 MG Bn	8-Oct-1942	Grp 4 depart Java on Kimmon Maru	1500 AUS depart BC
Hashimoto	9-Oct-42	2,000 POWs moved from Ban Pong to Kanchanaburi.
Hashimoto	9-Oct-42	800 POWs of No.2 Camp left Ban Pong for Chungaki.
NAVY	10-Oct-1942	Zg party of 68 US depart for Japan	Tacoma Maru
TBRC	10-Oct-1942	A-Force arr at Hlepauk (18 Kilo)	710 men only
Th	10-Oct-1942	Zg grp selected	67 US to Japan
Fillmore	11-Oct-1942	Th party departs BC 488 men aka GRP 5A	Lt(jg) Hamlin cdr of 237 enl & 9 off from Hous		216
Fillmore	11-Oct-1942	Th 5A sails from Priok on Da Nichi Maru	Tharp has dengue (per Rogers)
Hashimoto	11-Oct-42	Malaya POW Camp started to transfer 17,000 POWs.	completed in early NOV
Hashimoto	11-Oct-42	600 POWs of No.2 Camp arrived at Chungkai.
Owtram	11-Oct-1942	800 137FA depart for KAN then ChungKai by barge	3 day trek
Th	11-Oct-1942	Th 5A departs BC 488 US 362 AUS 150 Dutch	aka JAVA Party 5A
Hashimoto	13-Oct-42	600 POWs, the first batch of the main party, arrived in Ban Pong
Fillmore	15-Oct-1942	Th 5A arrive Singapore; by truck to Changi
Mansell	15-Oct-1942	E Batt depart Surabaya for Bicycle camp
ME	15-Oct	E Batt Dodson grp of 12 arr Batavia	had escaped to Madura; date per Ray Robinson		220
Hashimoto	19-Oct-42	Chalkerʼs party arrived in Ban Pong.
ME	20-Oct	Tacoma Maru departs Java for Singa; 1600 Brit / Dutch POWs	AAF 1Lt Teborak & MSG John F Smith and SM2c Marvin Sizemore
2/4 MG Bn	23-Oct-1942	Grp 4 depart Singa on Meabashi Maru
Fillmore	23-Oct-1942	first 131 death on Java from dysentery	PVT Griffin died on Java
NAVY	23-Oct-1942	[year of death is recorded as 1943 in some places]	PVT Griffin died on Java
2/4 MG Bn	24-Oct-1942	Organized into Black and Williams Forces	43 in Williams; 593 in Black
AUS	24-Oct-1942	2/2 Pioneer & Perth surv arrive Burma; Williams Force	884 AUS sent to+D168 35 Km camp
2/4 MG Bn	26-Oct-1942	Arr Thanbyuzayat
2/4 MG Bn	27-Oct-1942	Wm F to KILO 35 (Tanyin)
Th	27-Oct-1942	Zg Grp depart for Japan	60 US ; 200 Dutch; 12 AUS;		232
2/4 MG Bn	28-Oct-1942	Wm F to KILO 45 (Anakwin)
Hall/Bhaze	28-Oct-1942	AUS Anderson & Williams Forces combine into Mobile Force #1
Th	28-Oct-1942	MAJ Horrington grp arr BC E Batt	100 US
Mansell	30-Oct-1942	4600 Dutch from Sumatra   arr Wagale (8 KILO)
TXNG	30-Oct	Fz Grp arr Betetaung (40 KILO camp)	as part of LtCol Chris Black Force w/ 610 Aus;111 Du
Mansell	31-Oct-1942	7 Grps dep Singa as R-X Parties	4450 Br
Mansell	1-Nov-1942	6 Grps dep Singa as L-Q Parties	3900 Br
Th	2-Nov-1942	E Batt arrives Changi	Battery CDR CPT Dodson not present [to Mukden]		238
Th	5-Nov-1942	Grp 5A at Changi	total strength 1387
ME	6-Nov-1942	AMERICAN LEADER Capt Pederson and crew at BC	from German Raider Michel
Mansell	7-Nov-1942	E Batt depart Singapore for Japan
Stanbrough	15-Nov-1942	Zg Grp arrive Moji Jp
Toosey	Nov-42	LtCol Toosey’s Force of British begin work on Bridge 277	abt 1500 men (from GRP #1? @ NPD)
Toosey	15-Nov-1942	first death at TMK	200 more would follow
ME	26-Nov	CRM Harmon Alderman KIA when Tafuku Maru sunk near Jp	[had been left behind by Zg Party]
AUS	Nov-42	C Force departs for Japan	to Kobe and Naoetsu camps
Fillmore	28-Nov-1942	E Batt departs Changi for Japan	Horrigan Michie 2 USN and CIV David Hicks with E Batt
Reminick	29-Nov-1942	SS Sawolka sunk near Madagascar	16 MM & 4 USNR gunners KIA
TXNG	29-Nov-1942	Fz Grp to 25 Kilo camp (Kun Knit Kway)
Hashimoto	15-Dec-42	5th Railway Regiment requested Ba Maw to provide labourers.
Hashimoto	15-Dec-42	Labourer recruitment began in Burma.
Hall/Bhaze	18-Dec-1942	Ramsay Force arr at Kunhnitkway (26 KILO+C160)
Hashimoto	18-Dec-42	Ban Pong Incident occurred.
NAVY	20-Dec-1942		1000 Dutch depart Changi
Owtram	20-Dec-1942	Officers at ChungKai ordered to build a bridge	Officer’s Bridge
Th	28-Dec-1942	COL Searle departs (to Taiwan)?	en route to Mukden
NAVY	1-Jan-1943	USN 231 USMC 8 civ 1 at Singapore
NAVY	2-Jan-1943	COL Searle and 46 senior officers arrive Changi	[see 28 DEC]
Mansell	3-Jan-1943	A-Force arr at Tanyin (35 Kilo)	joins Williams Force=Mobile+D122#1
Th	6-Jan-1943	John Morgan exposed as BRIT	Pvt St McKenzie added to USN party
Th	7-Jan-1943	Th 5A party depart Changi	431 enl & 25 off of Hous		304
Th	9-Jan-1943	Th 5A depart Changi by train	left behind: Kelly Porter Martin [Johnson & McManus]
Th	9-Jan-1943	Th 5A arr Prai (Indo) moved to ship	Tharp has malaria
AWM	10-Jan-1943	Dunlop force of 900 arr TH mvd to Kunyo (151 Km)	first Java AUS in TH
Th	11-Jan-1943	Th 5A dep Prai on Moji Maru	488 US ; 150 Dutch  365 AUS
Fritshe	15-Jan-1943	3 B-24s; one flown by Col Conrad Necrason	7th Hvy Bomb Grp; Ansanal India
Hashimoto	15-Jan-43	Railway Corps requested the IHQ to recruit 80,000 labourers.
Hashimoto	15-Jan-43	Japanese ship ʻMoji Maruʼ, transporting US & AUS POWs, was attacked by the Allied forces
Rogers	15-Jan-1943	LTC Tharp wounded in temple by bomb fragment	this injury continued to plague him
TBRC	15-Jan	Anderson and Williams Force join at Tanyin (35 KILO camp)
Th	15-Jan-1943	convoy bombed Nichimei Maru sunk	KIA 5 AUS; 43 Dutch MIA-KIA; 2 PERTH KIA; 960 Du rescued
Hashimoto	16-Jan-43	Commander Shimoda of Railway Corps flew to Burma
Th	17-Jan-1943	Th 5A arr Moulmein to District jail	966 Dutch rescued after sinking		314
Owtram	20-Jan-1943	many POWs from ChungKai move farther along	CK converting to hospital camp
TXNG	21-Jan-1943	Th 5A arr Thanbyuzayat base camp
ME	23-Jan-1943	first USN death on TBR – Beri-beri	SM1c Asa Young		320
Th	24-Jan-1943	Griffith, Fowler and Tharp to Thanbyzayat camp
Th	25-Jan-1943	Th 5A begin move to 18 KILO  (Hlepauk)
Fillmore	26-Jan-1943	Fowler & Tharp to 18 KILO
Hashimoto	26-Jan-43	Shimodaʼs plane crashed into the jungle, Burma.
Th	28-Jan-1943	CPT Elkin last at 18 KILO
Th	3-Feb-1943	E Batt death on Java	PVT Abileno Hernandez dies Surabaya
Filmore	4-Feb-1943	LT Ferrey party of 9 officers arr Batavia (19th BGrp)	date ?[where were they held?]		332
Hashimoto	5-Feb-43	IHQ order to shorten the construction period by four months. (by 31 Aug)
Hashimoto	5-Feb-43	POWs of No.5 Camp arrived at Thanbyuzayat, Burma.
ME	10-Feb-1943	wooden railroad bridge over Mae Klong finished	1000 Dutch arrive at TMK
AUS	15-Feb-1943	A-Force arrives KAN from Nike (Nikki; Km 131)
Th	15-Feb-1943	CPT Fowler and 55 US selected for Japan
Toosey	Feb-43	4 of Toosey’s men executed for escape attempt
Rogers	16-Feb-1943	MAJ Rogers advanced to 85 KILO
Hashimoto	28-Feb-43	first labourer recruitment ended with 13,950 applicants in Burma.
Hashimoto	1-Mar-43	The ʻSpeedoʼ rush-work period began.
Hashimoto	2-Mar-43	IJA requested the Thai Govt. to recruit 13,000Burmese labourers.
Hashimoto	3-Mar-43	Commander Shimoda and the aircraft crew’s bodies were found.
ME	10-Mar	Fz Grp 3 arrive at 35 KILO camp (Tanyin)	joined by Ramsay Force per TBRC
Hashimoto	Mar-43	6th POW HQ camp at Hindat established	45K POWs in Thailand
Mansell	15-Mar-1943	Anderson Force arr Kunknikway (26 KILO)
Hashimoto	17-Mar-43	D Force 5000 to Thailand
Mansell	18-Mar-1943	Ramsey Force moved to Meiloe (75 KILO)	combined w/ Green & Black Forces
Fillmore	19-Mar-1943	Th 5A moved to 85 KILO	MAJ Wright at 18 K with sick grp
ME	20-Mar	Fz Grp 3 arrive at 14 KILO camp
ME	22-Mar-43	first USMC death on TBR malaria at 80 KILO	SGT Joe Lusk		378
Fritshe	23-Mar-1943	9th Bomb Sqrn strafes TBR bridges in Burma
Th	25-Mar-1943	MAJ Wright grp to 30 KILO	94 sick in party
AUS	28-Mar-43	E Force departs for Borneo	1000 AUS to Sandakan
Fritshe	5-Apr	9th Bomb Sqrn destroy 2 TBR bridges in Burma
TXNG	5-Apr	Fz Grp 3 return to 25 KILO camp (Kun Knit Kway)
Th	6-Apr-1943	Th 5A marched  to 80 KILO
ME	7-Apr-1943	USMC PVT Donald Hill dies at BC of dyesentery
Rogers	7-Apr-1943	Th 5A moved to 80 Kilo camp	Tharp carried by cart; too ill to walk
NAVY	9-Apr-1943	Fowler grp departs for Japan; (207 total)	only traveled as far as Saigon
Th	13-Apr-1943	second USN death on TBR	SF1c James White
ME	14-Apr-1943	GRP 4 departs Java with H-Force(1)
Futamatsu	15-Apr-1943	iron span bridge completed at 277 site	Toosey says end of the month
Hashimoto	15-Apr-43	Transport of 70,000 romusha labourers from Malaya began
Hashimoto	15-Apr-43	32,184 labourers were recruited in Burma.
ME	15-Apr	the WangPo viaduct completed	400m in only a few weeks
Reminick	15-Apr	Michel drops POWs at Singapore	Sawolka crew
Hashimoto	17-Apr-43	Chinese labourersʼ dispatches began, completing on 26 May.
Mansell	17-Apr-1943	Java Party 3000 dep Singa	2831 Du; 151 AUS; 3 Br
AUS	18-Apr-1943	F Force departs for BanPong	7000 AUS + 10 US
Hashimoto	18-Apr-43	F Forceʼs first party left Singapore for Thailand.
ME	18-Apr-1943	YM1c Irving Felix dies of TB in BC
AWM	25-Apr-1943	construction begins on Hellfire Pass	also 25 APR = ANZAC Day
AUS	Apr-43	G Force departs for Japan 1500	arr Moji on Kyokko Maru
TXNG	26-Apr-1943	Fz Grp to 45 Kilo camp
Th	30-Apr-1943	announce beginning of SPEEDO period			416
2/4 MG Bn	May-43	Williams and Anderson Forces combined into #1 Mobile Force
2/4 MG Bn	May-43	elements of 2/2 ENG added to #1 Mobile Force
TXNG	2-May-1943	Fz Grp return to 18 KILO camp (Alepak)
Th	4-May-1943	30 sick moved to KAN camp #3
AUS	May-43	H Force departs for BanPong	1900 UK and 2200 AUS; US Mer Mar
NAVY	5-May-1943	41 US moved to KAN #1 Thamakan	joined with Rogers Party of 110 US
Hashimoto	6-May-43	Ba Maw decided to recruit additional 21,000 labourers.
Hashimoto	7-May-43	F Force Commander Col Banno arrived at Kanchanaburi.
Hashimoto	8-May-43	F Forceʼs rear HQ arrived at Tarsao (130 km).
Th	8-May-1943	MAJ Wright party left 30 KILO
Wins/F	10-May-1943	AUS portion of F Force arr KonKoita Kilo 263
Hashimoto	11-May-43	IJA Col Banno arrived at Lower Nieke
Hashimoto	11-May-43	H Forceʼs first party departed to Thailand 3270
Hashimoto	11-May-43	Cholera broke out at Lower Nieke.
2/4 MG Bn	13-May-1943	Williams Force to KILO 57 (Taunzun)
NAVY	14-May-1943	Marine 1SG Dupler dies at Than of dysentery
TXNG	14-May	Fz Grp 3 arrive at 30 KILO camp (Retpu)
Hashimoto	15-May-43	Wood-Higgsʼ party arrived at Konkoita.
TBRC	15-May-43	H-Force(2) dep Singa includes 19 US ARMY & NAVY	including Sawolka crewmen
Wins/F	15-May-1943	AUS of F Force moved to Upper KonKoita  Kilo 270	due to cholera at Konkoita in romusha
Wins/F	15-May-1943	1800 AUS of F Force arr Lower SongKurai Kilo 294	first cholera case diagnosed among AUS
AUS	16-May-43	J Force 900 departs for Japan	Moji and Kobe camps
Wins/F	16-May-1943	Br portion of F Force arr KonKoita
Hashimoto	17-May-43	Rickwoodʼs party arrived at Lower Songkrai.
Hashimoto	18-May-43	Wood-Higgsʼ party arrived at Lower Nieke.
Hashimoto	19-May-43	F Force parties from Trains 7, 8 and 9 left Lower Nieke.
Hashimoto	19-May-43	Cholera spread at Lower Sonkrai.
Th	24-May-43	MAJ Rogers advanced to 100 KILO
Hashimoto	26-May-43	Chinese labourersʼ (romusha) dispatch completed.
Hashimoto	28-May-43	IJA requested additional labourers from Singapore
Th	28-May-1943	Th 5A marched to 100 KILO (Regue)	Marine Lusk dies [22 Mar 43]
TBRC	29-May-1943	TH 5A arr Regue (100 KILO camp)
TBRC	30-May	H-Force arr Tonchan/Tarsao (284Km)
Wins/F	31-May-1943	11 men attempt escape from Lower SongKuria	declared MIA; probably executed
Th	1-Jun-1943	first SPEEDO deaths	Albert Lindsley [& Dennis Willis die] 6 OCT 43
Hashimoto	2-Jun-43	17,615 labourers were recruited in Burma.
Hashimoto	3-Jun-43	Ullmannʼs party left Tamuron Pat (K244)
Wins/F	4-Jun-1943	all work ceases at Lower SongKuria	due to cholera and ill health / 1000 unfit
AUS	Jun-43	K & L medical Forces depart for BanPong	worked the highlands area in Thailand; 365 men
Hashimoto	5-Jun-43	Ullmannʼs party arrived at Konkoita.
Wins/F	Jun-43	reports of Burmese at Nike	all with dysentery / cholera
Wins/F	Jun-43	Lt Downes RAF commits suicide in river	near Nike (K 282)
Wins/F	6-Jun-1943	700 AUS at Thingomtha (K 273)	368 ill;4 cholera deaths
Wins/F	8-Jun-1943	300 AUS tfx from Thingomtha to Nike (K 282)	100 unfit to work
ME	12-Jun	US POW killed in Allied bombing in BURMA	CPL Edwin Wilson		459
NAVY	12-Jun-1943	hospital camps now at 4 8 and 18 KILO	MAJ Elkins  & Lt Bourn
Hashimoto	13-Jun-43	F Forceʼs medical officer Huston arrived at Nieke
TBRC	15-Jun	Mobile Force #1 arr Taungzun (60 KILO camp)	start of cholera outbeak ( Burmese origin?)
Reminick	16-Jun	first cholera death at Hintok
Th	16-Jun-1943	prepared return to 80 KILO	notified WILSON KIA in bombing
Th	17-Jun-1943	25 US among 100 sent to 80 KILO as hospital
Wins/F	21-Jun-1943	F Force cholera outbreak ends	101/210 died
Owtram	24-Jun-1943	appt as ChungKai commandant	5000 POWs in camp
Hashimoto	25-Jun-43	K Force left Singapore for Thailand.	235 medical personnel
Wins/F	25-Jun-1943	400 AUS to (Upper) Kami SongKurai  Kilo 299	previously occupied by romusha w/ cholera
Th	27-Jun-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of dysentery	EM3c Calvin Benner dies of dysentery
NAVY	28-Jun-1943	MAJ Elkins  & Lt Bourn sick at 80 KILO
HELLFIRE	30-Jun-1943	construction of Hellfire Pass completed in abt 12 weeks
Owtram	30-Jun-1943	124 deaths at CK due to cholera	men arrive by boat
ME	1-Jul-1943	first 131 death on TBR(Th) from Tropical ulcer	PVT James Drake		478
Wins/F	Jul-43	decision to establish ‘hospital’ at Thambaya
Wins/F	Jul-43	Br officers escape at SongKurai resulyted in severe punishment	rations withheld
Wins/F	3-Jul-1943	Pond’s Bn (AUS) tfx to Thakanun (K 222)	458/636 ill; 13-15 hrs work periods were the norm
Hashimoto	5-Jul-43	Bradley and 9 other POWs escaped from Sonkrai No.2.
Wins/F	8-Jul-1943	216 of 400 at Kami SongKuria ill	7/11 cholera deaths; 100 w/ malaria; <100 fit
2/4 MG Bn	13-Jul-1943	Wm F#1 to KILO 72 (Mezali)
ME	14-Jul-1943	Fz Grp 3 arrive at 62 KILO camp
TXNG	14-Jul-1943	Fz Grp to 62 KILO camp
Th	17-Jul-1943	first Fz death SM2c James Musto of dysentery	SM1c Flyod Armour (Th) dies of dysentery		494
Hashimoto	19-Jul-43	Harris wrote to Banno formally requesting to postpone the escapeesʼ executions.
Hashimoto	20-Jul-43	85,738 labourers were recruited in Burma.
Th	22-Jul-1943	4 non-US died of cholera at 100 KILO
Th	22-Jul-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of dysentery	PVT Wendell Carney dies
Th	23-Jul-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of beri-beri	PVT Julius Anderson dies
Wins/F	24-Jul-1943	AUS advance party to Thambaya
Wins/F	26-Jul-1943	70 ill AUS tfx from Thakanun to KAN
Wins/F	30-Jul-1943	first of 1900 F Force tfx to Thambaya
Th	31-Jul-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of dysentery	1Lt Hampton dies
Owtram	Aug-43	157 deaths at ChungKai
Th	1-Aug-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of dysentery	CPT Lumpkin dies
Wins/F	Aug-43	1075 from Lower Nike (K 276) tfx to Tambaya
NAVY	2-Aug-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of dysentery	SGT Howard Hall dies
Hashimoto	3-Aug-43	F Forceʼs sick men were evacuated to Tambaya Hospital Camp.
NAVY	3-Aug-1943	Tharp Grp 5 death at 100 KILO of TU	PVT Eugene Silva dies
Wins/F	5-Aug-1943	700 of F Force consolidated to SongKurai  (K 294)
Grehan	6-Aug-1943	400 of 1600 F Force deceased
Wins/F	8-Aug-1943	670 Br & 1020 AUS tfx to Kami SongKurai (K 299)	50% unfit
NAVY	12-Aug-1943	died during amputation for Tropical Ulcer	GM3c Pye dies undergoing amputation
Wins/F	13-Aug-1943	135 cholera cases at Thingomtha (K 273)	Pond’s Bn
Hashimoto	15-Aug-43	New Commander Ishida arrived at Railway Corps.
Wins/F	15-Aug-1943	Burmese tfx to augment F Force	some A Force personnel as well
Owtram	16-Aug-1943	huge influx of ill to ChungKai	many on verge of death
Grehan	18-Aug-1943	1000 of 7000 F Force deceased	per LtCol Harris F Force CDR
Wins/F	20-Aug-1943	1600 Br of F Force completed the “Bridge of 600” at SongKurai	600 men died
Hashimoto	23-Aug-43	L Force 115 (medical) to Thailand
Wins/F	25-Aug-1943	209/429 at Thingomtha too ill to work	Pond’s Bn
Wins/F	27-Aug-1943	4 F Force executed for attempted escape
ME	29-Aug-1943	SM1c Lyle Rozelle dies at Tarsoe	1/3 from H-Force Hintok		538
TBRC	30-Aug-1943	highest death toll of 1643 in this month
2/4 MG Bn	1-Sep-1943	Wm F#1 to KILO 77 Apalon
2/4 MG Bn	Sep-43	F Force at Changaraya (K 303)	200 die of cholera
Owtram	Sep-43	221 deaths at ChungKai
Wins/F	2-Sep-1943	620 F Force tfx to Thambaya
Reminick	7-Sep-1943	149 AUS & 150 Brit deceased at Hintok; many of cholera
TBRC	8-Sep-43	Dunlop force at Hintok	3-tiered bridge/tresle at Hintok completed; 31 men died
2/4 MG Bn	11-Sep-1943	Wm F#1 to KILO 85 (Kyondaw)
ME	11-Sep-1943	PVT Samuel Jones dies at 80 KILO camp of TU	thought to have died during amputation
Wins/F	13-Sep-1943	round the clock work ordered at SongKurai	some worked non-stop for 96 hrs
TXNG	14-Sep-1943	Fz grp to 85 Kilo Camp
Wins/F	15-Sep	final cholera case at Kami SongKurai	50/150 cases died
ME	16-Sep	PFC Edward Kalous (prior 26FA) dies at 100 KILO of TU	[first non-TXNG Army death]		556
2/4 MG Bn	17-Sep-1943	Wm F#1 to KILO 108 (Payathonzu)
ME	17-Sep	PFC Harry Gray (LIBERTY surv) dies at 80 KILO of dysentery	[second non-TXNG Army death]
TBRC	17-Sep	Mobile Force #1 arr Paya Thanzu Tuang (108 KILO)
ME	18-Sep	third USMC death	USMC Cpl Holsinger dies of TU at 80 KILO camp		558
Hashimoto	19-Sep-43	The railway reached Sonkrai No.2 from the Burmese side.
Wins/F	19-Sep-1943	rest holiday declared as work completed near SonfKurai
2/4 MG Bn	21-Sep-1943	Wm F#1 to KILO 116 (Kami Songkurai)	cholera in nearby ramusha camp / F Force
Hashimoto	21-Sep-43	The railway reached Tamaran Pat (244km) from the Thai side.
Wins/F	29-Sep-1943	report that 348 F Force had died at Thambaya	>20 died en route
Owtram	Oct-43	255 deaths at ChungKai
Wins/F	Oct-43	149 deaths/1566 strength at Kami SongKurai this month
ME	6-Oct	SM1c Donnis Wilson (Th) dies at 80 KILO of dysentery	LAST USN TBR worker death
ME	10-Oct	PFC Glen Moore dies at F&H hosp KAN of dysentery	2/3 Hintok deaths
Wins/F	10-Oct-1943	deaths  at Thambaya now 415
Hashimoto	17-Oct-43	The railway was connected from both sides at Konkoita.
ME	17-Oct	PVT Johnny Jowell dies at 80 KILO of TU	LAST 131 TBR worker death
Ramsey	17-Oct-1943	Thai portion 263 Km; Burmese 152 Km completed
Futamatsu	23-Oct-1943	official TBR completion ceremony	Thai and Burmese sections of line were joined near Konkoita		595
Hashimoto	25-Oct-43	The railway completion ceremony was held at Konkoita.
ME	28-Oct	PVT Billy Thomas dies at F&H hosp KAN of beri-beri	3/3 Hintok deaths
TXNG	3-Nov-1943	Fz Grp to 114 KILO camp	from 55 Kilo camp
Rogers	Nov-43	Tharp nearly blind from vitamin deficiency	also MAJ Rogers
Withnall	Nov-43	PVT  Thomas Whitehead to ChungKai hosp	tropical ulcer
Wins/F	10-Nov-1943	deaths  at Thambaya now 600	438 Br & 162 AUS
Futamatsu	15-Nov-1943	An average of six trains per day operated for the life of the line	<1000 tons/day delivered
Hashimoto	15-Nov-43	F Force POWs evacuated the up-country camps to Kanchanaburi.
Hashimoto	15-Nov-43	The Aoki Incident occurred at Sonkrai No.2.
ME	17-Nov	USMC Pvt Wilson dies of malnutri at Songkurai 114	4th and last USMC death
Wins/F	17-Nov-1943	begin tfx of F Force in Thailand to KAN
ME	29-Nov	PVT Ray Baldwin dies in ETO	131 transfered to AAF
Owtram	Dec-43	1096 deaths at ChungKai between Jun and Dec	up to 15 per day
Owtram	Dec-43	CK popn at 900 officers and 8000 ORs	many arriving now by train
Wins/F	2-Dec-1943	F Force from KAN begin return to Singapore	by ship via BKK
ME	3-Dec	CPL Nolan Kalich dies of meningitis	E Batt at Nagasaki Jp
ME	12-Dec	GM3c Gene Fanghor dies of Diphtheria	first Zg Party death Ohasi Jp
ME	12-Dec	EM3c Alfred Seidel dies of bronchitis	last Zg Party death Hakodate Jp		643
Hashimoto	15-Dec-43	F Force returned to Singapore with 3,000 dead.
Hashimoto	15-Dec-43	14,000 Malay labourers and 5,000 Chinese labourers were employed.
Wins/F	23-Dec-1943	most of F Force in Singapore; 893/3662 AUS dead
Reminick	25-Dec-1943	116 H-Force survivors of 525 POWs arr Singa via KAN	AUS grp 184 of 600 survived
2/4 MG Bn	26-Dec-1943	Williams Force #1 to KILO 122	wood cutting camp
NAVY	27-Dec-1943	initial Th 5A moved to KAN “rest camp”	housed at Camp #3
NAVY	29-Dec-1943	most Th 5A still at 100 KILO	ARMY 8 off 58 enl; USN 4 off;  74 enl
Rogers	29-Dec-1943	Tharp moved on litter
Th	29-Dec-1943	moved from 100 KILO to KAN camp #2 by train	less 148 non-fit men left at 100 KILO w/ MAJ Rogers
NAVY	31-Dec-43	last USN arr KAN
ME	1-Jan-44	Th 5A moved to 195 Kilo Camp; cut wood for train fuel			663
NAVY	7-Jan-1944	ill tfx from 80 KILO to Kanchanaburi
NAVY	7-Jan-1944	20 US from 114 KILO to 105 KILO	114 camp = Songkurai
2/4 MG Bn	11-Jan-1944	Wm F#1 to KILO 131-33 (Nike)	wood cutting camp
2/4 MG Bn	12-Jan-1944	Wm F#1 began TFx to Kanchanaburi	ill taken by rail
Reminick	15-Jan-1944	4000/7000 F & 2000/3000 H return to Singa
TXNG	17-Jan-1944	Fz grp to Kanchanaburi
Th	19-Jan-1944	strength at KAN: 900 Br/Am/Au  2300 Dutch +150 at Tamarkam	per ration records
2/4 MG Bn	25-Jan-1944	Wm F#1 back to KILO 114 (Changaraya)
NAVY	26-Jan-1944	marched from 100 to 105 KILO
NAVY	26-Jan-1944	Thaiyanusorn monument begun	MM3c Leo Bird selected to assist w/ monument to deceased workers
ME	30-Jan-1944	PVT Ward Simpson dies at KAN F&H of Tuberculosis	third Fz death
2/4 MG Bn	Feb-44	F Force at KILO 105 (Aungganung) w/ Wm F#1	Aussie and US POWs reunited
NAVY	4-Feb-1944	dedication of the obelisk Romusha memorial	? 21 Mar 44
ME	13-Feb	Th GRP 5 moved to ChungKai Camp, then Kanburi			706
Th	29-Feb-1944	PFC C M Collins dies at KAN of dysentery
ME	6-Mar	PVT J W Bartee dies in ETO	131 transfer to AAF
Clark	15-Mar-1944	10 US tfx to Khao Din Railyard	Art Clark. Chas Pryor; Dallas Clark; John Lee; Wade Webb
NAVY	18-Mar-1944	47 US still at 105 KILO	USN 24 MC 3		740
NAVY	22-Mar-1944	19 US at 105 KILO tfx to Japan	USN 14		2.027
2/4 MG Bn	25-Mar-1944	IJA began to select men to tfx to Japan
2/4 MG Bn	27-Mar-1944	Wm F#1 to Kanchanaburi	following B-24 attack on 105 Camp
ME	9-Apr	Fowler +150 to Saigon	w/ SSG H.R. Cobb
NAVY	10-Apr-1944	all at 105 KILO to KAN	USN 3 o & 6 enl		763
Withnall	Apr-44	FCM1c Mahlant tfx to Nong Pladuk	then on to Ubon
Rogers	5-May-1944	Rogers & Tharp reunited at Tamarkam	Tharp’s health somewhat better
ME	7-May-1944	final US 131 TBR POW dies in on TBR (Th)	PVT Herrera of dysentery at Nakorn Pathom
ME	11-May-1944	Fowler returns to KAN from Saigon
ME	24-Jun-1944	Tamahoko sunk with loss of 17 US; 2 US survivors	SM1c Wilfred Logan & SM2c Leo Callahan survived
NAVY	25-Jun-1944	35 US from KAN depart for Japan via Singapore
NAVY	7-Aug-1944	sick moved KAN to Nakorn Pathom	LT Heinman in command
Withnall	6-Sep-1944	Allies  bomb  Nong Pladuk railyards	98 KIA ; 2-400 WIA mostly British
Hashimoto	7-Sep-44	Rakuyo Maru transporting 1,300 POWs from Singapore sunk
Fritshe	13-Sep-1944	sinking of the Rakuyo Maru carrying BG Varley	many PERTH crew perished as well; 4 were among 158 POWs rescued by US subs
Reminick	18-Sep-1944	Junyo Maru sunk off Sumatra (5600 KIA)	survivors USMC Pvt Wm Miller; SGT Gordon Miller & PFC Jos Sokolowski KIA
Fritshe	11-Oct-1944	India-based pilots warned of Allied POWs on the TBR	intel from POW survivors of Rakuyo sinking
ME	2-Nov-1944	USN post-TBR death in Saigon	BKR3c Albert Tanberg of dysentery
Rogers	3-Nov-1944	received 1/6 of RED CROSS ration package
ME	4-Nov-1944	final USN TBR death at ChungKai hosp camp	SM1c David Williams of dysentery		971
NAVY	15-Nov-1944	35 US from KAN arr Japan (Fukuoka) via Singapore
Fritshe	29-Nov-1944	Allies bomb the RKB #1	Dutch POWs KIA from ‘short-fall’ bombs
NAVY	4-Dec-1944	bombing at KAN & Nong Pladuk	KIA 14 at Kan; 96 at NP no US
Withnall	4-Dec-1944	Br Ptes Brown & Smith walk out of Nong Pladuk
TBRC	8-Dec-1944	Allies bomb Kui Yae (186K)	26 Dutch POWS KIA
TBRC	13-Dec-1944	Allies bomb the RKB #2	slight damage only
NAVY	5-Jan-1945	Officers at KAN to be separated	enlisted moved to other nearby camps; ChungKai		1033
NAVY	15-Jan-1945	Maj Rogers; CPT Parker 2 others arrested for radio	sentenced to 5 yrs hard labor
Withnall	15-Jan-1945	Br Pte Whatmore escapes from Chomphun airfield
ME	23-Jan	American VB-1 AZON MCLOS-guided 1,000 lb aerial ordnance hits bridge
Fritshe	5-Feb-1945	Allies bomb the RKB #4	wooden bridge damaged
Fritshe	9-Feb	Wooden bridge damaged #5	by US AAF B-24s
Eldredge	13-Feb	Dutch POWs KIA in bridge attack	6 KIA; many wounded
Fritshe	13-Feb	Both brides damaged #6	by US AAF B-24s
NAVY	15-Feb-1945	more sick moved to Nakorn Pathom	ENS Stivers  w/ brain tumor
NAVY	15-Mar-1945	CPT Fowler returns from Saigon			1102
Withnall	17-Mar-1945	Br Pte Whatmore departs Chomphun by boat
Fritshe	19-Mar-1945	Kra Isthmus rail line bombed	by US AAF B-24s
Fritshe	3-Apr	USAAF damaged the wooden railroad bridge once again #7	Lt Wm Henderson 7th US Bomb Grp		3.019
Fritshe	24-Apr	multiple bombing raids along the entire TBR	utliing a new ‘dive bomb’ tecnique
Withnall	25-Apr-1945	Br Pte Whatmore travelling ChumPhon to BanPong by train	successful escape
ME	15-May	Saigon grp left Dalat for Tuy Hoa to repair a bridge
Withnall	15-May-1945	Whatmore meets Brown & Smith at Tha Muang	successful escape
Withnall	16-May-1945	3 escapees trvl to BKK on river	successful escape
ME	28-May	PVT Lavern Staver dies in Singapore (post-TBR/Hintok)	last H-Force death of brain cancer		1176
Withnall	28-May-1945	3 Br escapees lv BKK in Thai plane	successful escape
ME	30-May	both bridges were operational again
Fritshe	18-Jun	medical supplies dropped on Sanam Luang BKK
Ramsey	24-Jun	RAF damaged the main bridge and entire railway line out of commission #8
Fritshe	14-Jul-1945	final US AAF strafing attack along the TBR
NAVY	15-Jul-1945	Officers begin move to Nakorn Nayok			1224
ME	12-Aug	final US POW dies in Japan of beri-beri	SGT Donald Heleman of E Batt		1252
Th	15-Aug-1945	sixth grp moves to Nakorn Nayok	17 US officesr
Th	16-Aug-1945	official notice of war’s end	extra food and medicine arrive		1256
Th	17-Aug-1945	LTC Tharp arrived Bangkok w/ MAJ Rogers & CPT Parker			3.441
Th	18-Aug-1945	ENS Stivers to Bangkok Nursing Home hospital	(brain tumor)
Th	18-Aug-1945	Charles Mott to join US contingent in BKK	from NongPlaDuk
Th	19-Aug-1945	Tharp to PMK hospital BKK
Th	20-Aug-1945	distribution of US pers: Ubon 4;Muang 46;Prachin43;Nayok152 Petch33;NKPhosp16; Saigon 20	294 Thailand; 206 Saigon
Th	22-Aug	Hoffman and Harris escape Pethburi camp
Th	22-Aug-1945	LT Stensland to Nakorn Pathom	38 US in hospital at Nakorn Pathom
Th	22-Aug-1945	LT Keithley to Nakorn Nayok	122 US in Nakorn Nayok
Th	22-Aug-1945	LT Hard to Prachinburi	10 US at Prachiburi
Th	23-Aug-1945	4 TXNG & 4 USN arr KAN from jungle camps
Th	24-Aug-1945	CPTs Wright Cates and ENS Nelson to Petchburi	also PVT Barnes and SGT Moritz
Th	25-Aug-1945	CPTs Fz  Fowler & ENS Clark to US HQ BKK	also PVT  [Skillern]?
Th	25-Aug-1945	MAJ Rogers 7o Oriental Hotel
Th	25-Aug-1945	LT Heinen to Go-downs area Harbor camp
Th	25-Aug-1945	LT Morgan to [Tamwan]? = Tha Muang!	w/ 21 US
Th	25-Aug-1945	LT Lattimore at KANburi	w/ 9 US
Th	25-Aug-1945	CPT Mott & ENS Smith at Paratrooper HQ
Th	25-Aug-1945	USMC Sgt Aust retrieves Tharp’s records from ChungKai			1265
Th	26-Aug-1945	LT Keithley arr from Nakorn Nayok	w/ 121 US
Th	27-Aug-1945	LT Hard arr from Prachinburi	w/ 16 US
Rogers	28-Aug-1945	Rogers released from BKK jail and meets Tharp	Tharp “looks 90 yo”; walking with a cane
Th	28-Aug-1945	CPT Taylor Scanbrough & Demoss to Rangoon
Th	29-Aug-1945	ENS Stiver still at BNH hospital	(brain tumor)
Th	29-Aug-1945	151 US to Calcutta
Th	29-Aug-1945	LT Fillmore at BKK HQ
Th	30-Aug-1945	SGTs Schmid & Douglas return to BKK
Th	30-Aug-1945	100 US arr from Petchburi to BKK
Th	31-Aug-1945	ENS Stivers and LT Fillmore  & Skillern to Calcutta
Th	1-Sep-1945	Fz to Saigon;  LT Schmid to Calcutta	SGT Schmid & Douglas to Calcutta
Th	2-Sep-1945	SGTs Crain & Brown from [Tamwan] = Tha Muang!
NAVY	3-Sep-1945	SM2c S. Barnes to BNH hospital
NAVY	6-Sep-1945	Saigon party stop at BKK to Calcutta	214 US including 8 AAF		1277
TBRC	15-Sep-45	CWGC begins remains recovery			3.499
ME	7-Oct-1945	final TBR -related death	Ens John Bell Stivers dies of Glioblastoma in St Albans hosp NY
Hashimoto	Nov-45	24,111 Tamils, Chinese Malays and Javanese awaiting repartriation
Withnall	4-Dec-1945	Javanese at NgPlaDuk	POW report
TBRC	15-Jun-1947	TBR system sold to Thailand (50M baht/ 1.25M Pounds)	as part of war reparations via Britain
Ramsey	24-Jun-1949	NongPlaDuk to Kan portion reopened
Ramsey	1-Apr-1952	WangPo portion opened for traffic
TBRC	Jul-52	SRT begins to repair the RK Bridge
Ramsey	1-Jul-1957	Railway reopened to NamTok
TBRC	Jul-58	TBR system reopens mainly for tourism