Cemetery plot location: A-06-18
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100046 |
| Surname: | TAGUCHI |
| Other names: | Goro |
| Plate name: | TAGUCHI, GORO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 田口 伍郎 |
| Grave location: | A-06-18 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-03-15 |
| Place of birth: | Tojo-cho, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tojo-cho, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Naval Air Force, Sakuma Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1943-11-04 |
| Place of capture: | Near Bougainville |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | $US3, 1 white metal pocket watch, and $US12.40 in Task Force Post Exchange chits |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Jorobe TAGUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Tojo-cho, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Jirobe TAGUCHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ume YAMADA |
| Identification: | No height or weight recorded; sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, circular blemishes on chest |
| Movement report: | After capture on 4 November 1943, TAGUCHI was sent to the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) in South West Pacific on 7 January 1944. He was sent to Gaythorne on 5 April 1944, and then to Cowra on 12 April 1944. 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 |
| Extra information: | TAGUCHI’s rank was originally recorded as Leading Corporal, but in the Service and Casualty form, it was corrected to Corporal. |
| Related images: | TAGUCHI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |