Cemetery plot location: A-06-21
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147211 |
| Surname: | KANEYASU |
| Other names: | Sueji |
| Plate name: | KANEYASU, SUEJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 金安 末治 |
| Grave location: | A-06-21 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-04-13 |
| Place of birth: | Mura Shinkawa-cho, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Shinkawa-cho, Mura, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Artillery Regiment 3 Battalion 8 Company, Ammunition Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-23 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of War |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer (Service and Casualty form NAA: MP1103/1), Clerk (POW report NAA: MP1103/2) |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Choshichi KANEYASU |
| Address of next of kin: | Shinkawa-cho, Mura, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Choshichi KANEYASU |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Masa KANEYASU |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KANEYASU was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 24 April 1944. In May he was hospitalised with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to 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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