Cemetery plot location: A-07-26
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145638 |
| Surname: | MATSUBARA |
| Other names: | Matsuo |
| Plate name: | MATSUBARA, MATSUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 松原 松雄 |
| Grave location: | A-07-26 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-06-10 |
| Place of birth: | 128 Kunisada, Azuma-mura, Sawa-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 128 Kunisada, Azuma-mura, Sawa-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 41 Division 238 Regiment 2 Battalion 6 Company 3 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-25 |
| Place of capture: | Lae, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist, Tendai sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Rintaro MATSUBARA |
| Address of next of kin: | 128 Kunisada, Azuma-mura, Sawa-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Rintaro MATSUBARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tori KUNISADA |
| Identification: | Height 5", weight 100 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | MATSUBARA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 December 1943. He was hospitalised with a gun shot wound to his right foot on 10 December 1943, and discharged on 21 December 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | MATSUBARA’s religion was recorded as both Buddhist (Tendai sect) and Christian on the Office of Australian War Graves record, but he was a Buddhist of the Tendai sect. |
| Related images: | MATSUBARA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |