Cemetery plot location: B-06-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147454 |
| Surname: | SUZUKI |
| Other names: | Haruo |
| Plate name: | SUZUKI, HARUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 鈴木 春男 |
| Grave location: | B-06-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-03-10 |
| Place of birth: | 21 Kanehira, Yaita-gun, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Yachio Shobosho (Fire station), Yachio-cho, Koisikawa-ku, Tokyo-to, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Moto 4819, 2 Battalion, Ogawa Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-20 |
| Place of capture: | Rambutho, Admiralty Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-05-13 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Fireman |
| 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, Jodo sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Rintaro SUZUKI |
| Address of next of kin: | 21 Kanehira, Yaita-gun, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Rintaro SUZUKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hana MINAKAWA |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 132 lbs, complexion sallow, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SUZUKI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 June 1944. He was admitted to the 15 Australian Camp Hospital with bronchitis on 6 September 1944, and was hospitalised for a month. He was transferred to Hay on 13 October 1944. He was admitted to the 14 Australian Camp Hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis, and was hospitalised until 6 February 1945. He was again admitted to the hospital with the same illness on 16 December 1945, and died on 22 December 1945. He was buried in the Hay War Cemetery on 22 December 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1945-12-22 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-12-22 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | SUZUKI’s coronial inquiry record can be found at NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/7384. |
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