Cemetery plot location: A-06-28
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147053 |
| Surname: | WATANABE |
| Other names: | Sadao |
| Plate name: | WATANABE, SADAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 渡邉 貞雄 |
| Grave location: | A-06-28 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-08-20 |
| Place of birth: | 125 Nikko-machi, Nikko, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 125 Nikko-machi, Nikko, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Moto 2802, 66 Infantry Battalion |
| Date of capture: | 1944-01-10 |
| Place of capture: | Cape Gloucester, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-02-10 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk at Tokyo Railway Bureau |
| 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: | Shosaku WATANABE |
| Address of next of kin: | 125 Nikko-machi, Nikko, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Shosaku WATANABE |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ryo (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 115 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, deformed finger-tip and nail on the fourth finger of his left hand |
| Movement report: | WATANABE was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 23 February 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria in March for four days. During the breakout he suffered gun shot wounds to his right wrist, left leg, neck and a cut on his throat, and was admitted to the hospital. He died in the hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right shoulder |
| 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: | WATANABE’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |