Cemetery plot location: B-05-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147925 |
| Surname: | WAKAI |
| Other names: | Yoshio |
| Plate name: | WAKAI, YOSHIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 若井 芳雄 |
| Grave location: | B-05-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-02-06 |
| Place of birth: | 7, 2-chome, Higashi Satabori-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Sei 1998, 68 Independent Anti-air Artillery Battery, 3 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-13 |
| Place of capture: | Near Depapre, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Metal fittings dealer |
| 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 Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Shinichiro WAKAI |
| Address of next of kin: | Shiroki-machi, Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Older brother |
| Father’s name: | Shintaro WAKAI (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Cake maker |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kiku (deceased) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 45 kgs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | WAKAI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 29 July 1944. He was transferred to Hay from Cowra on 4 September 1944. He was hospitalised at the 14 Australian Camp Hospital with a fractured right tibia on 12 February 1945. He died on 22 March 1945, and was buried in Hay War Cemetery on 23 March 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Hemorrhage of external jugular vein |
| Date of death: | 1945-03-22 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-03-23 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | WAKAI’s coronial inquiry report is available at NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/6737. It is not clear if he committed suicide or suffered an injury in an accident. |
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