Cemetery plot location: C-03-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 148798 |
| Surname: | WAKAOMI |
| Other names: | Michiaki |
| Plate name: | WAKAOMI, MICHIAKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 若麻績 通明 |
| Grave location: | C-03-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-03-27 |
| Place of birth: | 777, Hanihara, Nakanojo-mura, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 777, Hanihara, Nakanojo-mura, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant Major |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 2 Air Signal Regt. Wireless Coy (Company Headquarters) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-29 |
| Place of capture: | West of Sarmi, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Murchison |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-18 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1944-08-28 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Brisbane |
| Ship: | SS "Edward Lander" |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist Jodo sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Zuizen WAKAOMI |
| Address of next of kin: | 777, Hanihara, Nakanojo-mura, Nagano-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Zuizen WAKAOMI |
| Father’s occupation: | Buddhist priest |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tamako, HAYASHI |
| Identification: | Height 5'6", 138 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | WAKAOMI arrived in Gaythorne on 5 September 1944 and transferred to Murchison on 28 September 1944. He was rushed to the Royal Park Receiving Home on 28 July 1944, and died at the Royal Park Mental Hospital on 30 July 1945. He was cremated at the Springvale Crematorium on 31 July. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Pneumonia |
| Date of death: | 1945-07-30 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | WAKAOMI’s ashes were partially repatriated to Japan in 2015 at the request of his family. Photographs of his funeral are in the Australian War Memorial photographic database. |
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