Cemetery plot location: B-10-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 150092 |
| Surname: | KONDO |
| Other names: | Akira |
| Plate name: | KONDO, AKIRA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 近藤 明 |
| Grave location: | B-10-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-09-20 |
| Place of birth: | 5, 6-chome, Sumie Nishi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 333, 7-chome, Sumie Naka, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 107 Air Defense Construction Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-20 |
| Place of capture: | Biak Island, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-10-14 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Employee of Kubota Ironworks |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yaeno KONDO |
| Address of next of kin: | 333, 7-chome, Sumie Naka, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Masashine KONDO (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Policeman, later book binder |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yaeno MATSUDA |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KONDO was interned at Gaythorne on 14 October 1944, and was sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on 25 October 1944. He died there on 16 November 1944 from malaria, pneumonia and emphysema. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 18 November. His casket number was 9122. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria, pneumonia and emphysema |
| Date of death: | 1944-11-16 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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