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33 New Burma Army Camps Built in Nyaunglebyn, Papun and Toungoo Districts

  • Writer: Tyler Bradley
    Tyler Bradley
  • Dec 6, 2006
  • 4 min read

FBR REPORT: 33 New Burma Army Camps Built in Nyaunglebyn, Papun and Toungoo Districts

Northern Karen State, Burma

7 December, 2006


NEW CAMPSNyaunglebin District: 17 new camps (3 main, 14 small camps).Papun District: 7 new camps (2 main, 5 small)Toungoo District: 9 new camps (2 main, 7 small)Total 33 new camps: 7 new main camps and 26 smaller camps.

Note: All coordinates in left column before the name of the camp, are for the British 1 Inch, 1:63,360 Maps. And in the right column after the camp name is the Latitude and Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds.

1. New camps in Nyaunglebyn District: Mon, Shwey Gyn and Kyauk Kyi Townships; 17 new camps (3 main, 14 smaller camps) Map Sheets: 94B/10,B/14,B/15,B/16, 94 C/13, 94 G/1. 2. 3. 4. New Camps in Mon Township. 3* new main camps, 5 new small camps. 8 total 5. new camps. Map Sheets: 94B/10,B/14,B/15. 6. Map Sheet: 94 B/14 7. *1. 302 563 Tee Wa Blay Key N 18 36' 40", E 96 47' 25" 8. *2. 277 504 Paunzeik N 18 33' 40", E 96 46' 30" 9. Map Sheet 94 B/10 10. 3. 250 680 Play Day N 18 40'30", E 96 44' 59" 11. Map Sheet: 94 B/15 12. 4. 355 372 Po Kay So N 18 27' 20" E 96 50' 33" 13. 5. 310 280 (No name) N 18 22' 40" E 96 38' 10" 14. 6. 483 250 (No name) N 18 21' 20" E 96 57' 40" 15. 7. 490 255 (No name) N 18 21' 15" E 96 57' 18" 16. *8. 310 430 Tee Lay N 18 30' 15", E 96 47' 47" on border of this map and 94 B/14 17. 18. Old but improved camps on Kauk Kyi - Hsaw Hta road. 94 B/15 map. 19. 365 292 Hsaw Mi Lu N 18 22' 05" E 96 53' 20" 20. 470 249 Muthey N 18 21' 20" E 96 56' 40" 21. 412 262 Ko Pla Lay Ko N 18 21' 50" E 96 53' 30" 22.

F. New Camps in Shwey Gyin and Kauk Gyi Townships: 9 new camps, not yet clear if they will be all main camps or smaller camps, here counted as smaller camps= 9 total new camps. Map Sheets 94 B/16, 94 C/13, 94 G/1. Seven new camps in Shwey Gyin area. Two new camps in Kyauk Kyi area.

G. Shwey Gyn (Hsaw Hti) Township 7 new camps, 2 enlarged camps. 9. 94 C/13 502 632 Noh Baw Ta N 17 50¹ 40² E 96 58¹ 40² 10. 94 C/13 471 673 Tha Ree Ta N 17 52¹ 45² E 96 57¹ 10² 11. 94 C/13 471 740 Hti Plu Ta N 17 56¹ 05² E 96 57¹ 10² 12 94 C/13 491 764 Pah Ka N 17 57¹ 20² E 96 58 05 ³ (Ënlarged) 94 C/13 512 761 Wa Ko Law Te N 17 57¹ 07² E 96 59¹ 06² (Enlarged) 94 G/1 650 640 Ko Pet Ë N17 51¹ 07² E 97 01¹ 30² 13. 94 G/1 612 651 Tha Ko Kwi Day N 17 51¹ 40² E 97 04¹ 30² 14 94 G/1 561 662 name unknown N 17 52 Œ10² E 97 02¹ 00² 15. No British Grid Htoo Day N 18 03¹ 30² E 97 01¹ 05²

H. Kyauk Kyi ( Ler Doh) Township; 2 new camps. Map Sheet 94 B/16 16. 493 023 Ro Ka Soe N 18 10¹ 01² Ë 96 58¹ 00² 17. 401 072 Pau Wah Ta (Kyauk Lo Gyinew) N 18 12¹ 30² Ë 96 53¹ 10²

I. New Camps in Papun District ( Muthraw) (along new road route- Ler Mu Plaw to Busakee) * 2 new main camps, 5 new smaller camps= 7 total new camps. Map Sheets: 94 F/2, F/3. Map Sheet: 94 F/2 *18. 590 522 The Ler Ker Ko N 18 34' 50", E 96 02' 35" 19. 593 503 Shway Jo N 18 34' 30", E 96 02' 35" 20. 585 512 Oo Mae Jo N 18 34' 20", E 96 02' 25" 21. 592 497 Ka La Jo N 18 32' 45", E 97 03' 25" 22. 609 445 Sho Jo N 18 31' 00", E 96 03' 45" Map Sheet 94 F/3 23. 718 217 Tha¹ Wa Jo N 18 19¹ 50 E 97 09¹ 35¹¹ *24. 717 214 Tha¹ Shway Jo N 18 19¹ 40² E 97 09¹ 30²

J. New Burma Army Camps in Toungoo District:* 2 new main camps, 7 new small camps = 9 total new camps, British 1inch Map, 1:63,360 scale maps. Map Sheets 94 B/9, B/10, B/13, B/14 25. B/10 264 694 Zin Ty Lay N 18 43¹ 10² E 96 45¹ 20² 26. B9/ 195 788 Kyauk Hsin Daung N 18 47¹ 00² E 96¹ 41¹ 30² *27. B/14 496 685 and 480 685 (NW of Siday village). N 18 42¹ 50² E 96 57¹ 20² and N 18 42' 50" E 96 56' 30. Two sites. *28. B/9 255 735 Play Sa Lo N 18 45' 25¹¹ E 96 44' 45² 29. B/13 400 910 Ga Mu Der N 18 54¹ 55 ³ E 96 51¹ 55² 30. B/13 392 814 Si Kwey Der N 18 49¹ 07² E 96 51¹ 35² 31. B/13 393 796 Wa Doh Lo N 18 48¹ 15² E 96 51¹ 40² 32. B/14 494 686 Ti Taw Sakan N 18 45¹ 05² E 96 57¹ 30² 33. B/13 295 902 Baw Ga Lyi Ley N 18 53¹ 15² E 96 46¹ 32² (#34. Grid coordinates not yet available-and not included in this count-Gawa De Pu Lee- new camp in Than Daung Township)

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