Cemetery plot location: A-07-29
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147343 |
| Surname: | UENO |
| Other names: | Wataru |
| Plate name: | UENO, WATARU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 植野 彌 |
| Grave location: | A-07-29 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-09-23 |
| Place of birth: | 138 Karia-cho, Tsuna-gun, Awajishima, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 138 Karia-cho, Tsuna-gun, Awajishima, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 81 Infantry Regiment1 Battalion 4 Company 2 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-16 |
| Place of capture: | Near Talasea, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-26 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Fisherman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Takeharu UENO |
| Address of next of kin: | 138 Karia-cho, Tsuna-gun, Awajishima, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Takeharu UENO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Sumiko MORI |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | UENO was hospitalised twice with malaria in Gaythorne. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 17 June 1944. He was hospitalised in Cowra in June with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self-inflicted wound to neck |
| 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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| Related images: | UENO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |