Cemetery plot location: A-06-11
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147113 |
| Surname: | MATSUMOTO |
| Other names: | Hajime |
| Plate name: | MATSUMOTO, HAJIME | AKA (Also Known As): | Hajimi MATSUMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 松本 一 |
| Grave location: | A-06-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-07-22 |
| Place of birth: | Kurume, Tokyo, Japan |
| Private address: | Kurume, Tokyo, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Air Force, 6 Kosoku (Air Observation Unit) 1 Company (radio operator) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-13 |
| Place of capture: | Kau, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Yojuro MATSUMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Kurume, Tokyo, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yojuro MATSUMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Masako MISAWA |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 100 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, 4 vaccination marks on his right arm |
| Movement report: | MATSUMOTO was with Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) for about a month between 26 March and 22 April, 1944. He was transferred to Gaythorne on 22 April 1944, and back to between 6 and 10 May 1944. He was transferred to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria in Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right 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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| Related images: | MATSUMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |