Cemetery plot location: A-06-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147124 |
| Surname: | OMAE |
| Other names: | Hidefumi |
| Plate name: | OAME, HIDEFUMI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Hidefumi OAME |
| Name in kanji: | 尾前 秀文 |
| Grave location: | A-06-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-08-04 |
| Place of birth: | Usa-gun, Oita-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Iriki, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 17 Division, 23 Field Artillery 3 Battalion 7 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-02 |
| Place of capture: | New Britain, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-12 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Pain in right shoulder, generally weak and run down from malnutrition. He was hospitalised. |
| Trade or occupation: | Textile worker |
| 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: | Torae OMAE |
| Address of next of kin: | Odaki-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Hidezo OMAE (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Torae (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | No height recorded, weight 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair |
| Movement report: | OMAE was transferred to Gaythorne from New Guinea on 3 May 1944, and then to Cowra on 10 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left 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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