Cemetery plot location: A-06-12
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145543 |
| Surname: | NAGAO |
| Other names: | Takashi |
| Plate name: | NAGAO, TAKASHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 長尾 孝 |
| Grave location: | A-06-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-04-29 |
| Place of birth: | Tamashima-machi, Asaguchi-gun Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tamashima-machi, Asaguchi-gun Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Hiko Hei, 221 Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-04-06 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Scabies, malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Lathe 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: | Koyuki NAGAO |
| Address of next of kin: | Tamashima-machi, Asaguchi-gun Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Koyuki (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", weight 100 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | NAGAO was hospitalised in Port Moresby with scabies, and in Gaythorne with malaria. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised with appendicitis in January 1944 and with malaria in April. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to sternum |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | NAGAO’s birth place was recorded as Akayama-ken, but his town name indicates it should have been Okayama-ken. |
| Related images: | NAGAO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |