Cemetery plot location: A-06-22
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145605 |
| Surname: | NAKAMURA |
| Other names: | Taro |
| Plate name: | NAKAMURA, TARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 中村 太郎 |
| Grave location: | A-06-22 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-06-24 |
| Place of birth: | Tamatsu-mura, Higashi-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tamatsu-mura, Higashi-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Corporal (Suiheicho) |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 18 Gokei Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-02 |
| Place of capture: | Finschhafen area |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-09 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer (also 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: | Buddhist, Shingon sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Gentaro NAKAMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Tamatsu-mura, Higashi-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Gentaro NAKAMURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a small wart on right elbow, prominent and very white teeth |
| Movement report: | NAKAMURA was transferred to ATIS in Queensland, and hospitalised twice with malaria in December 1943 and January 1944. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 12 April 1944. He participated in the breakout, suffered gun shot wounds to his buttock and right elbow, and died on 7 August 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to buttock |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-07 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | |
| Related images: | NAKAMURA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs): |