Cemetery plot location: A-07-31
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147778 |
| Surname: | WATANABE |
| Other names: | Masao |
| Plate name: | WATANABE, MASAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 渡辺 正尾 |
| Grave location: | A-07-31 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-03-19 |
| Place of birth: | 69 Moto-machi, Nihonmatsu-machi, Ataji-gun, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 69 Moto-machi, Nihonmatsu-machi, Ataji-gun, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian Employee, Orderly for unit hospital |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 8 Naval Construction Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-07 |
| Place of capture: | Jabase near Hollandia |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Toy maker |
| 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: | Sasuke WATANABE |
| Address of next of kin: | 69 Moto-machi, Nihonmatsu-machi, Ataji-gun, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Sasuke WATANABE |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5", clear complexion, dark hair, dark brown eyes, operation scar on right side of abdomen |
| Movement report: | WATANABE was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 15 July 1944. He was injured in the breakout with a gun shot wounds to his left chest, left thigh, and right calf, and a bayonet wound to his spine. He was hospitalised, and died on 29 September 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to left chest, left thigh, right calf and bayonet wound to spine |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-29 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-30 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | WATANABE’s first name in kanji characters, 正尾 is unusual, however it is the way he signed his documents. |
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