Cemetery plot location: A-07-22
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147308 |
| Surname: | KAWATA |
| Other names: | Ko |
| Plate name: | KAWATA, KO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 川田 好 |
| Grave location: | A-07-22 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-03-29 |
| Place of birth: | Kinogawa, Yuki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kinogawa, Yuki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 1 Independent Mixed Regiment 2 Battalion 5 Company Headquarters Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-29 |
| Place of capture: | Lemondrof Creek, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wounds to left forearm and calf of his left leg |
| 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: | Harukichi KAWATA |
| Address of next of kin: | Kinogawa, Yuki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Harukichi KAWATA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yasu KAWATA |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", weight 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KAWATA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 May 1944, and immediately hospitalised with sepsis sores for 4 days. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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