Cemetery plot location: A-07-20
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 100022 |
| Surname: | KIKUCHI |
| Other names: | Kiyamu |
| Plate name: | KIKUCHI, KIYUMU * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kiyumu KIKUCHI |
| Name in kanji: | 菊池 至 |
| Grave location: | A-07-20 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-03-01 |
| Place of birth: | Nishi-uya, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Nishi-uya, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Machine Gun Company, Osaka-butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-18 |
| Place of capture: | Bismarck Sea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-04-10 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to his left leg, thigh and hand |
| Trade or occupation: | Broker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Not recorded |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Michii KIKUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Nishi-uya, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Michii (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | KIKUCHI was interned in Gaythorne, and hospitalised with malaria for about 10 days in August 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was detained for 21 days in Cowra in January 1944 for disobeying orders. He was hospitalised for a few days in May 1944 with malaria. 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: | KIKUCHI’s correct first name was Kiyamu. It is unusual to read the kanji character 至 as Kiyamu. KIKUCHI’s grave plaque is engraved as “Buried near this spot”, probably because his body could not be identified. His records kept at the Office of Australian War Graves did not include anything other than his name.
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