Cemetery plot location: C-01-14
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147980 |
| Surname: | SATO |
| Other names: | Tsutae |
| Plate name: | SATO, TSUTA * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tsuta SATO |
| Name in kanji: | 佐藤 傳 |
| Grave location: | C-01-14 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-09-30 |
| Place of birth: | 7 Furukaji-machi, Ken Taira-shi, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 7 Furukaji-machi, Ken Taira-shi, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 12 Field Meteorological Unit (Shin 11702) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-21 |
| Place of capture: | Manus Island, Admiralty Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound on his right calf and a flesh scar on his right jaw |
| Trade or occupation: | Agricultural University student |
| 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: | Densaku SATO |
| Address of next of kin: | 7 Furukaji-machi, Ken Taira-shi, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Densaku SATO |
| Father’s occupation: | Lumber merchant |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Akiko SHIO |
| Identification: | Height 5'4". 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SATO was interned at Gaythorne on 16 June 1944 and transferred to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital (ACH) on the same day. He was moved to the 112 Brisbane Military Hospital on 5 April 1945 for 4 days, and then returned to 67 ACH. He was transferred to Murchison via Liverpool on 11 April 1945. He was admitted to the 115 Heidelberg Military Hospital on the same day. He died at the hospital on 18 September 1945. He was cremated at Springvale. His ashes were sent to the Directorate of War Graves on 19 September 1945, then were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1945-09-18 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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