Cemetery plot location: A-06-25
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147460 |
Surname: | TAKAYAMA |
Other names: | Kiichi |
Plate name: | TAKAYAMA, KIICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 高山 喜市 |
Grave location: | A-06-25 |
Date of birth: | 1919-08-25 |
Place of birth: | 1155 Uehitagaya, Kisae-machi, Kitasaitama-gun, Saitama-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 1155 Uehitagaya, Kisae-machi, Kitasaitama-gun, Saitama-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | Civilian |
Unit regimental number: | Navy, Nakagawa Unit Yajima Group |
Date of capture: | 1944-04-24 |
Place of capture: | Hollandia, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-05-21 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Labourer |
Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
Date of entry: | Not recorded |
Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
Ship: | Not recorded |
Personal effects: | Nil |
Religion: | None |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Kintaro TAKAYAMA |
Address of next of kin: | 1155 Uehitagaya, Kisae-machi, Kitasaitama-gun, Saitama-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Kintaro TAKAYAMA |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 132 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair brown eyes, scar beneath his right eye |
Movement report: | TAKAYAMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 16 June 1944. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right chest |
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: | TAKAYAMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |