Cemetery plot location: C-03-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149937 |
| Surname: | TAKAHASHI |
| Other names: | Katashi |
| Plate name: | TAKAHASHI, KATASHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | C-03-13 |
| Date of birth: | Not recorded |
| Place of birth: | Not recorded |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 36 Division 222 Mountain Artillery Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-12 |
| Place of capture: | Not recorded |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-10-14 |
| Health condition on arrival: | He was ill and admitted to 67 Australian Camp Hospital |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Not recorded |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | TAKAHASHI arrived at Gaythorne on 14 October 1944, and was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on that day. He died on 7 November 1944 from broncho-pneumonia. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 9 November 1944. His casket number was 9081. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Broncho-pneumonia |
| Date of death: | 1944-11-07 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | Service and Casualty record (NAA:MP1103/1) is the only record available for TAKAHASHI. This is probably because he was too ill to be interviewed.
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