These pages bring together a nominal roll of former POWs who laboured on the Sumatra railway.
On the roll itself, each of the names of former British POWs is a clickable link, which will take you through to the individual’s entry on the COFEPOW database and, where they are available, a downloadable version of their Liberation Questionnaire.
The names of Australian and Dutch POWs are forthcoming.
Key sources consulted in compiling the roll were:
The National Archives:
- WO344 – Liberated prisoner of war interrogation questionnaires
- WO361/1404 – Deaths, Camp 3 Kota Baroe
- WO361/2013 – List of POWs at Pakanbaroe, August 1945
Books
The Sumatra Railway 