Cemetery plot location: C-01-15
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149244 |
Surname: | CHIN |
Other names: | Kan Chi |
Plate name: | CHIN, KAN CHI | AKA (Also Known As): | CHEN, Hanchi |
Name in kanji: | 陳 漢池 |
Grave location: | C-01-15 |
Date of birth: | 1909-08-31 |
Place of birth: | Takeyamagai, Takeyama-gun, Taichu-shu, Formosa |
Private address: | Takeyamagai, Takeyama-gun, Taichu-shu, Formosa |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | Civilian |
Unit regimental number: | Army, Omori Unit, 107 Air Defence Construction Unit |
Date of capture: | 1944-08-14 |
Place of capture: | Sorido, Biak Island |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
Date interned: | 1944-09-27 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Police station clerk |
Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
Date of entry: | Not recorded |
Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
Ship: | Not recorded |
Personal effects: | Nil |
Religion: | Not recorded |
Nationality: | Formosan |
Marital status: | Married |
Next of kin: | Shi Yu CHIN |
Address of next of kin: | Takeyamagai, Takeyama-gun, Taichu-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: | Height 5'2", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | CHIN was interned in Gaythorne on 31 August 1944, and was immediately sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital. He returned to the camp on 14 October 1944, but was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital again on 3 November 1944. He died there on 16 November 1944 from a metastatic abscess or abscesses of the brain caused by malaria. |
Cause of death: | Metastatic abscess of brain caused by malaria |
Date of death: | 1944-11-16 |
Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
Date of burial: | Not recorded |
Place of first burial: | Not recorded |
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