Cemetery plot location: C-06-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 148659 |
| Surname: | CHO |
| Other names: | San Rin |
| Plate name: | CHO, SAN RIN | AKA (Also Known As): | ZHANG, Sanlin |
| Name in kanji: | 張 三隣 |
| Grave location: | C-06-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-07-15 |
| Place of birth: | 574 Kei Ko-sho, Kagi-gun, Tainan-shu, Formosa |
| Private address: | 574 Kei Ko-sho, Kagi-gun, Tainan-shu, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Air Defence |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-24 |
| Place of capture: | Sorido, Biaki Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-10 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from diarrhoea |
| Trade or occupation: | Cafe |
| 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: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Shi Ken CHO |
| Address of next of kin: | 574 Kei Ko-sho, Kagi-gun, Tainan-shu, Formosa |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | No height or weight recorded, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | CHO was interned at Gaythorne on 10 August 1944, and was sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on that day with diarrhoea. He died on 13 August 1944 with dysentery and extreme malnutrition. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery on 6 August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Dysentery and extreme malnutrition |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-13 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery in South Australia |
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