Cemetery plot location: A-07-25
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147274 |
| Surname: | TERAWAKI |
| Other names: | Jiro |
| Plate name: | TERAWAKI, JIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 寺阿 二朗 |
| Grave location: | A-07-25 |
| Date of birth: | 1925-11-17 |
| Place of birth: | 19 Umamoto-cho, NIshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Private address: | 90 1-chome, Kudan, Jinbo-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 141 Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion, 2 Machine Gun Company, 1 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-25 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to left arm |
| Trade or occupation: | Dry goods store 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, Jodo Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Sanpei TERAWAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | 19 Umamoto-cho, NIshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Sanpei TERAWAKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tsugino NAKATANI |
| Identification: | Height 1.56 meters, weight 115 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | TERAWAKI was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 10 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | TERAWAKI’s family name as written in kanji characters (寺阿 ) is very unusual. |
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