The eight plaques bear the names of the
Australian medical doctors who tended to the needs of P.O.W.'s of the
Japanese.
Recorded here are the names of the Australian medical doctors who were
prisoners of the Japanese during World War Two and those who tended to
the needs of their fellow prisoners. The 22 railway sleepers represent
over 22,000 Australian men and women captured by the Japanese. The 8
steps with plaques represent the 8,000 who perished during captivity.
The metal spikes in the sleepers are from the original Burma-Thailand
Railway.
This memorial was erected with the funds spontaneously donated by the
people of Australia and organisations in the United Kingdom, Japan and
New Zealand. The bronze for the sculpture was donated by Western Mining
Corporation ltd. and the plaque bronze was donated by Arrow Engraving
and Foundry.
