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Alrewas National Memorial Arboretum - World War 2 Sumatra Railway Memorial #154181027
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The Sumatra Railway Memorial at Britain`s National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, near Lichfield Staffordshire. The monument was unveiled on VJ Day 15 August 2001 and recreates a 20-yard stretch of the railway, which passed along the Equator through swamps, jungle, rivers and mountainous terrain. It was designed by one of the few survivors Jack Plant from sketches made by a fellow prisoner of war, Owen Greenwood. Railtrack donated the rails and the sleepers were carved by the Forest Enterprise. Photographed 24 July 2019.
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