Cemetery plot location: A-07-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100049 |
| Surname: | KIZUSHI |
| Other names: | Morio |
| Plate name: | KIZUSHI, MORIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 木通 盛夫 |
| Grave location: | A-07-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-03-28 |
| Place of birth: | Kamitogo-mura, Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kamitogo-mura, Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Class Petty Officer |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, No. 18 Submarine Chaser |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-22 |
| Place of capture: | Off Kavieng, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-26 |
| 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: | Horesuke KIZUSHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Kamitogo-mura, Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Horesuke KIZUSHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Toshi TAKE |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a very small piece of shrapnel in his right wrist |
| Movement report: | KIZUSHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to head |
| 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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