Cemetery plot location: A-06-32
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145540 |
| Surname: | TANIDA |
| Other names: | Keinosuke |
| Plate name: | TANIDA, KEINOSUKE | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 谷田 恵之祐 |
| Grave location: | A-06-32 |
| Date of birth: | 1912-03-20 |
| Place of birth: | Fukui-cho, Sakai-gun, Mikune Machi, Masagi, Japan |
| Private address: | 1025, Nakanobu, Ibara-machi, Tokyo, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Akitsuki 2003 Regiment, Tsuchiya Tai, Koike |
| Date of capture: | 1943-04-06 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| 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: | Kikue TANIDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1025, Nakanobu, Ibara-machi, Tokyo, 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 5'2" weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | TANIDA was interned in Gaythorne on 24 May 1943 and was hospitalised with fibrositis between 13 June and 1 July. Then he was hospitalised with beriberi between 12 and 18 October 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 21 January 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to both legs |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | TANIDA’s birth address and his private address do not make sense. His wife’s name was recorded as Kikuei, but it was probably Kikue. |
| Related images: | TANIDA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |