Cemetery plot location: B-04-01
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| Classification: | Unknown Soldier |
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| Identification number: | DD 135029 |
| Surname: | Unknown Japanese Soldier |
| Other names: | |
| Plate name: | UNKNOWN JAPANESE SOLDIER | AKA (Also Known As): | Unidentified Japanese Soldier |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-04-01 |
| Date of birth: | Not recorded |
| Place of birth: | Not recorded |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | Not recorded |
| Place of capture: | Not recorded |
| Reason for internment: | Not recorded |
| Camp interned: | Not recorded |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Not recorded |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Not recorded |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | Not recorded |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-08-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-10-05 |
| Place of first burial: | Berrimah |
| Extra information: | According to Cowra local sources, it is most likely that this Unknown Soldier is that of a Japanese man found in the Northern Territory, mentioned in The Hidden Chapters: Untold Stories of Australians at War in the Pacific (Pagemasters, 1995, p.144) by its author, Robert Piper. His body was found 23 kilometers from the mouth of the Daly River. According the burial record index cards from the Office of Australian War Graves, this Unknown Soldier was buried in Berrimah. Although all Japanese airmen were buried at Berrimah, the evidence is inconclusive as to whether this soldier was an airman. |
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