Cemetery plot location: A-03-27
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 145021 |
Surname: | OKINO |
Other names: | Jiro |
Plate name: | OKINO, JIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 沖野 次郎 |
Grave location: | A-03-27 |
Date of birth: | 1917-03-15 |
Place of birth: | Tokushima, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
Private address: | Osaka, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, Tate 8417 |
Date of capture: | 1942-10-03 |
Place of capture: | Ioribaiwa, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1942-10-16 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Art silk worker |
Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
Date of entry: | Not recorded |
Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
Ship: | Not recorded |
Personal effects: | Nil |
Religion: | Shinto |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Haru OKINO |
Address of next of kin: | Osaka, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
Father’s name: | Motohiro OKINO |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Haru OKINO |
Identification: | Height 5', weight 110 lbs, swarthy complexion, dark hair, dark eyes |
Movement report: | OKINO was hospitalised at 3 Australian Camp Hospital in Gaythorne with malaria for a week in November 1943. He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 8 January 1943. He was hospitalised for 12 days in February 1944 with a scald on his left leg. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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Related images: | OKINO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs): |