Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association | Remembering the sufferings of POW's on the Burma Railway.

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Notices

Senate Speech on Remembrance Day 2019November 15, 2019

On Monday, 11 November 2019 Senator Eric Abetz of Tasmania made the following speech in regard to the death of ... more
Remembrance Day – 11 NovemberSeptember 25, 2019

REMEMBRANCE DAY ON 11 NOVEMBER EACH YEAR PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ALL AUSTRALIANS WHO SERVED IN ... more
2020 Quiet Lion Tour InformationJuly 29, 2019

The documents detailing the 2020 Quiet Lion Tour have been posted on this site. See the tour information page ... more
VALE – Neil MacPherson OAMMarch 30, 2019

Neil Ormiston MacPherson WX16572 of 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion of Williams Force Burma Thailand Railway 1942-1944, Japan 1945. Born 14th May ... more

We are an organisation run by volunteers, including surviving ex prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese during World War II who worked on the Burma-Thailand railway, with the following objectives:

To perpetuate the memory of the privations and sacrifices of Australian and Allied prisoners of war and the selfless dedication of the medical personnel during the construction of the Burma Thailand Railway by informing current and future generations through all forms of education and particularly with the Annual Quiet Lion Tours to the Burma Thai Railway; the River Kwai; the Three Pagoda Pass; Anzac Day at "Hellfire Pass" and Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.

OFFICE BEARERS OF BTRMA 2019-2020

CHAIRMAN/ ENQUIRY RESEARCH	ERIC WILSON APM OAM
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN/ TOUR ORGANISER	IAN HOLDING
SECRETARY/ TREASURER	KRISHNA VANDERWEIDE
WEBSITE LIAISON / NEWSLETTER EDITOR/ MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR	ELIZABETH BRENNAN
COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICER/TOUR LEADER	DAVID PIESSE
COMMITTEE MEMBER	MICHAEL VINCENT

EX OFFICIO COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT

HUGH WARDEN OAM. (LIFE MEMBER. PAST CHAIRMAN, PAST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN), ARTHUR ANSTIS (PAST TREASURER).

DECEASED LIFE MEMBERS

NEIL MACPHERSON OAM. KEN BLADEN OA (Past Chairman). KEITH FLANAGAN OAM, BILL HASKELL OAM. ERNIE REDMAN OAM, WALLY HOLDING OAM.

DECEASED MEMBERS

JIM ALLPIKE, KEN WOOD, PHILLIP BEILBY, GEORGE WISEMAN, BILL MONKS, GORDON ROBERTS OAM, CHARLIE CHAPPLE, JACK BOON, MILTON FAIRCLOUGH OAM, ERIC ROEDIGER AND JACK THORPE OAM.

ADVISERS

STEPHANIE BLADEN.PETER WINSTANLEY OAM RFD. ALAN MacPHERSON.

Rules of the association

Linked below are the pubic rules of the Burma Thailand Memorial Railway Association

Rules