Cemetery plot location: C-04-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145239 |
| Surname: | MAEDA |
| Other names: | Tokuichi |
| Plate name: | MAYEDA, TOKUICHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tokuichi MAYEDA |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | C-04-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-06-10 |
| Place of birth: | 617 Aza Kisoka, Okime-son, Kunikawa-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 617 Aza Kisoka, Okime-son, Kunikawa-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian labourer |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yamamoto Butai, Tsune-tai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | 114 Australian General Hospital |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-26 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria and beriberi |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| 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: | Toka MAEDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 617 Aza Kisoka, Okime-son, Kunikawa-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Toka MAEDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ushi MAEDA |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | MAEDA arrived in Port Moresby on 29 January 1943, and was hospitalised with malaria and beriberi at the 2/9 Australian General Hospital. He was discharged on 4 February, but hospitalised again with dysentery on 8 February. He was transferred to Australia, and hospitalised at the 114 Australian General Hospital on 26 February 1943 with Shiga Dysentery. His condition deteriorated, and he died on 16 March 1943. He was buried on 17 March 1943 at the Goulburn War Cemetery. |
| Cause of death: | Dysentery |
| Date of death: | 1943-03-16 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-03-17 |
| Place of first burial: | Goulburn War Cemetery |
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