Cemetery plot location: A-07-08
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147245 |
| Surname: | SAKA |
| Other names: | Tadayoshi |
| Plate name: | SAKA, TADAYOSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Tada Yoshi SAKA |
| Name in kanji: | 坂 忠吉 |
| Grave location: | A-07-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-05-16 |
| Place of birth: | 1251 Itatoi Aza, Izawa-mura, Kitasoma-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1251 Itatoi Aza, Izawa-mura, Kitasoma-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 14 Field Artillery Regiment 7 Battery |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-29 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Defence worker |
| 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: | Toshiichiro SAKA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1251 Itatoi Aza, Izawa-mura, Kitasoma-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Toshiichiro SAKA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Toshii MURAMOTSU |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, flattened thumb tip on his right hand |
| Movement report: | SAKA was hospitalised for a few days in Gaythorne with malaria in May. He was transferred to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left chest |
| 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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