Cemetery plot location: A-07-13
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147214 |
| Surname: | ADACHI |
| Other names: | Kunio |
| Plate name: | ADACHI, KUNIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 足立 邦夫 |
| Grave location: | A-07-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-11-21 |
| Place of birth: | Akamatsu, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Akamatsu, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Field Artillery, 3 Company, 8 Platoon, 1 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-25 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
| 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: | Moriji ADACHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Akamatsu, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Moriji ADACHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yoshie NAKGA |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | ADACHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He was hospitalised for one week with scabies in May. He was hospitalised again between 3 June and 13 July with debility and nephritis. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-09 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | ADACHI signed his name as 國夫 in one of the documents. |
| Related images: | ADACHI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |