Welcome to the BTRMA Inc website
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:
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 2008-2009
| CHAIRMAN |
HUGH WARDEN |
SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN/ASSISTANT TREASURER
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BILL HASKELL OAM |
| VICE CHAIRMAN /BTRMA WEB SITE MANAGER & POW RESEARCH OFFICER |
NEIL MacPHERSON |
| SECRETARY/TOUR ORGANISER/LEADER |
ERIC WILSON APM |
| TREASURER |
ARTHUR ANSTIS |
PUBLICITY AND MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER |
KEN BLADEN AM |
NEWSLETTER EDITOR |
IAN HOLDING |
SPECIAL RESEARCH |
PETER WINSTANLY RFD |
COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICER |
DAVID PIESSE |
MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR |
KRISHNA VANDERWEIDE |
EX OFFICIO COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
FATHER BARRY MAY OAM - ASSOCIATION CHAPLAIN
ADVISERS: KEN EWING, STEPHANIE BLADEN, IAN SAGGERS,
JACK THORPE OAM, WALLY HOLDING (Sen), ERNIE REDMAN OAM, PETER RYAN AND DIRK ARKEVELD.
LIFE MEMBERS.
BILL HASKELL OAM, KEITH FLANAGAN OAM, ERNIE REDMAN OAM,
NEIL MacPHERSON, OWEN HERON, MILTON FAIRCLOUGH, WALLY HOLDING,
KEN WOOD, GEORGE WISEMAN, JIM ALLPIKE, ARTHUR BANCROFT, ERIC ROEDIGER, BILL MONKS, GORDON ROBERTS,
CHARLIE CHAPPLE and JACK BOON.
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