Cemetery plot location: C-06-03
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 145224 |
Surname: | KITO |
Other names: | Yoshitaro |
Plate name: | KITO, YOSHITERU * | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshiteru KITO; Yoshitaru KITO |
Name in kanji: | 鬼頭 義太郎 |
Grave location: | C-06-03 |
Date of birth: | 1920-10-14 |
Place of birth: | Chiage-mura, Niwa-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
Private address: | Chiage-mura, Niwa-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, Military Transport Section, Nakishima-tai |
Date of capture: | 1943-01-20 |
Place of capture: | GIruwa, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
Health condition on arrival: | Weak from malnutrition |
Trade or occupation: | Truck driver |
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 |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Soichi KITO |
Address of next of kin: | Chiage-mura, Niwa-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Soichi KITO |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Tsuna KITO |
Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
Movement report: | After being interned at Gaythorne on 11 February 1943, KITO was admitted to the 3 Australian General Hospital with malaria on 26 February 1943. He died at the 112 Australian General Hospital from malaria on 9 March 1943. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 10 March 1943. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
Cause of death: | Malaria |
Date of death: | 1943-03-09 |
Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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