Cemetery plot location: A-07-04
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 145023 |
Surname: | SAKAMA |
Other names: | Tsunekichi |
Plate name: | SAKAMA, TSUNEKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 坂間 常吉 |
Grave location: | A-07-04 |
Date of birth: | 1905-05-21 |
Place of birth: | 3393 Totsuka-machi, Yokohama, Japan |
Private address: | 71 Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Seaman |
Unit regimental number: | Navy, 8942 Regiment, Yasuda Unit, Yoshioka Company |
Date of capture: | 1942-10-17 |
Place of capture: | Milne Bay, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1942-10-25 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Railway employee |
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: | Tomi SAKAMA |
Address of next of kin: | 71 Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
Father’s name: | Ginzo SAKAMA |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Teru SAKAMA |
Identification: | Height 5'8", weight 140 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | SAKAMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 8 January 1943. He was hospitalised in Cowra for about 10 days in April 1943 (cause unknown). He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | 1944-08-09 |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
Extra information: | SAKAMA’s records, held at the Office of Australian War Graves, are sketchy. His body, burned inside a hut, was never positively identified. His grave plaque is engraved as “Buried near this spot”, because his remains could not be distinguished from other burnt remains nearby. |
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