Cemetery plot location: A-07-28
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145023 |
| Surname: | KATSUKURA |
| Other names: | Kanemitsu |
| Plate name: | KATSUKURA, KANEMITSU | AKA (Also Known As): | Kanemidzu KATSUKURA |
| Name in kanji: | 勝倉 兼光 |
| Grave location: | A-07-28 |
| Date of birth: | 1907-04-12 |
| Place of birth: | Kamada, Owada, Kameya-mura, Ishigin, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kamada, Owada, Kameya-mura, Ishigin, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Seaman |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 12684 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: | Labourer |
| 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: | Mitsuko KATSUKURA |
| Address of next of kin: | 17 Ishiki, Komiyo-mura, Kamada, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Yaso KATSUKURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Chio KATSUKURA |
| Identification: | Height 5'9", weight 147 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KATSUKURA was interned in Gaythorne. He was hospitalised in November 1942 for 20 days for observation. He was transferred to Cowra on 9 January 1943. He was hospitalised for 10 days in January 1943, 15 days in February 1943, 10 days in March 1943, and 14 days in July 1943. Causes of the hospitalisations were not recorded. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | KATSUKURA had three sons and one daughter. He was in the Japanese Navy for three years between 1939 and 1942. |
| Related images: | KATSUKURA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |