Cemetery plot location: A-07-14
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA(USA) 147158 |
| Surname: | MATSUHARA |
| Other names: | Eisaburo |
| Plate name: | MATSUHARA, EISABURO | AKA (Also Known As): | Eisaburo MATSUHARU |
| Name in kanji: | 松原 栄三郎 |
| Grave location: | A-07-14 |
| Date of birth: | 1905-06-19 |
| Place of birth: | 28 Hiranuma-machi, Higashi, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 28 Hiranuma-machi, Higashi, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 79 Line of Communication hospital, attention to MO and GO forces one Line |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-21 |
| Place of capture: | Kiiru, near Large Peninsula, 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: | Broker |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Fumiko or Sumiko MATSUHARA |
| Address of next of kin: | 28 Hiranuma-machi, Higashi, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Goro MATSUHARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shige KAWAGISHI |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 105 lbs (50 kg), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, extremely large ears, slight scar above left eyebrow |
| Movement report: | MATSUHARA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He was hospitalised for three days in June with malaria. He was injured in the breakout, and died in the hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound and self-inflicted wound, not definitely established |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-09 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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