Troop Movements to the Death Railway

Source:
Prepared by Neil MacPherson and based upon the Captain Nelson Reports

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Work Party Moved Place British Australian Dutch USA Total
A Force 14-May-42 Burma x 3000 x x 3000
Medan Force 20-May-42 Burma 500 x x x 500
No1 Group 18/26-June-42 Thailand 3000 x x x 3000
No 2 Group 9/15-Oct-42 Thailand 3250 x x x 3250
No3 Group 14-Oct-42 Thailand 791 x x x 791
Williams Force 16-Oct-42 Burma x 1497 111 190 1800
No4 Group 17/2-Oct-42 Thailand 2600 x x x 2600
5 Group 2 20-Oct-42 Drowned
Junyo Maru
x x -1600    
No 5 Group 23/24-Oct-42 Thailand 1300 x x x 1300
No 6 Group 25-Oct/6-Nov 42 Thailand 8450 x x x 8450
No 7 Group 7/9-Nov-42 Thailand 1260 x x x 1260
Java 5B 20/27-Dec-42 Burma x x 1401 x 1401
5 Group 1 07-Jan-43 Burma 4 383 159 456 1002
Java 5C 10-Jan-43 Burma x x 1000 x 1000
Java 8 Group 14Jan/5-Feb-43 Thailand x 1250 8750 x 10,000
Java 15 14-Mar-43 Thailand 3 x 4 x 7
D Force 14/23-Mar-43 Thailand 2780 2220 x x 5000
5 Group No 3 13/17-Apr-43 Burma 3 155 2831 11 3000
F Force 18/30-Apr-43 Thailand 3334 3666 x x 7000
H Force 5/17-May-43 Thailand 1947 705 590 26 3270
K Force 25-Jun-43 Thailand 164 55 11 x 230
I Force 24-Aug-43 Thailand 42 73 x x 115
Java 18 08-Feb-44 Thailand 2 x 28 x 30
Total Burma - - 507 5033 5502 657 11699
Total Thailand - - 28965 7969 9383 26 46343
Total Railway - - 29472 13002 14885 683 58042
Reference Capt D.Nelson (SSVF)          

Last Modified On: 2019-04-30 (number for total Dutch in Burma changed from 8,602)