Cemetery plot location: A-06-14
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 100051 |
Surname: | GANAHA |
Other names: | Seiki |
Plate name: | GANAHA, SEIKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 我那覇 生喜 |
Grave location: | A-06-14 |
Date of birth: | 1899-04-05 |
Place of birth: | 88 Sumiyoshi-machi, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 88 Sumiyoshi-machi, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | Civilian |
Unit regimental number: | Fisherman |
Date of capture: | 1944-04-25 |
Place of capture: | Near a small Pacific island |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-05-06 |
Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to his chest and left arm. He was hospitalised. |
Trade or occupation: | 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, Kannon sect |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Married |
Next of kin: | Moushi GANAHA |
Address of next of kin: | 88 Sumiyoshi-machi, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
Father’s name: | Yama GANAHA |
Father’s occupation: | Fisherman |
Mother’s maiden name: | Kamado TAKESHI |
Identification: | Sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, gun shot wound to his left breast and left forearm |
Movement report: | GANAHA was captured by the Dutch Navy, and handed over to Australian authorities on 3 May 1944. He was hospitalised with a gun shot wound, then released from hospital to Gaythorne on 6 May 1944. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
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: | GANAHA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |