Cemetery plot location: A-07-21
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 148046 |
| Surname: | TAKEMOTO |
| Other names: | Tahei |
| Plate name: | TAKEMOTO, TA HO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Ta Ho TAKEMOTO; Ta He TAKEMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 武本 太平 |
| Grave location: | A-07-21 |
| Date of birth: | 1901-02-25 |
| Place of birth: | 3329 Aza Uchi, Uchino-mura, Kaho-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Horika-machi, Nishiko-mura Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Shipping engineers, 6178 Akatsuki |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-28 |
| Place of capture: | Hollandia |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Car driver |
| 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: | Shizuko TAKEMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Horika-machi, Nishiko-mura Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 61 kgs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, small scar on right leg near knee |
| Movement report: | TAKEMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 15 July 1944. He was hospitalised for 13 days in July with scabies. 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: | TAKEMOTO was burnt in a hut, and thus his body could not be identified. This is was why his grave plaque is engraved as “Buried near this spot”. |
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