Cemetery plot location: B-05-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100267 |
| Surname: | KURASHINA |
| Other names: | Harumi |
| Plate name: | KURASHIMA, HARUMI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Harumi KURASHIMA |
| Name in kanji: | 倉科 晴海 |
| Grave location: | B-05-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-03-10 |
| Place of birth: | 691 Atsusa-mura, Minami Azumi, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 691 Atsusa-mura, Minami Azumi, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Seaman |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, Maeda Force |
| Date of capture: | 1944-10-12 |
| Place of capture: | Inasi, Noemfoor Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1944-10-26 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Masao KURASHINA |
| Address of next of kin: | 691 Atsusa-mura, Minami Azumi, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Bungo KURASHINA (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Masao NAKANO |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KURASHINA was transferred from Gaythorne to Hay on 13 January 1945. He was hospitalised in the 14 Australian Camp Hospital on 23 March 1945, and remained there until his death on 18 December 1945. He died of septicemia. He was buried in the Hay War Cemetery on 19 December 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Septicemia |
| Date of death: | 1945-12-18 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-12-19 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | KURASHINA’s coronial inquiry report is held at NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/7402. |
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