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Cemetery plot location: A-06-33



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Classification: POW
Identification number: PWJA (USA) 147268
Surname: AOKI
Other names: Chisato
Plate name: AOKI, CHISATO
AKA (Also Known As): None
Name in kanji: 青木 千里
Grave location: A-06-33
Date of birth: 1921-04-11
Place of birth: 27 Kojin, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
Private address:

27 Kojin, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Business address:

Not recorded

Military rank: Superior Private
Unit regimental number: Army, 141 Infantry Regiment
Date of capture: 1944-03-28
Place of capture: Between Kometto and Talasea, New Britain
Reason for internment: Prisoner of war
Camp interned: Cowra
Date interned: 1944-04-17
Health condition on arrival: Not recorded
Trade or occupation: Retailer
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: Tokijiro AOKI
Address of next of kin: 27 Kojin, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
Relationship to next of kin: Father
Father’s name: Tokijiro AOKI
Father’s occupation: Not recorded
Mother’s maiden name: Haruko (maiden name unknown)
Identification: Height 1.4 meters, weight 15 kan (124 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes
Movement report:

AOKI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He died in the breakout.

Cause of death: Gun shot wound to right arm
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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