Cemetery plot location: A-05-40
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145091 |
| Surname: | OKADA |
| Other names: | Kazunari |
| Plate name: | OKADA, KAZUNARI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 岡田 一也 |
| Grave location: | A-05-40 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-09-23 |
| Place of birth: | 15 Kakigawa-cho, Ogaga-gun, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 15 Kakigawa-cho, Ogaga-gun, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Taguchi Butai 229. 3 Battalion 9 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-02 |
| Place of capture: | Buna area, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Multiple gun shot wounds; hospitalised |
| Trade or occupation: | Forwarding agent |
| 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: | Ichiro OKADA |
| Address of next of kin: | 15 Kakigawa-cho, Ogaga-gun, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Ichiro OKADA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hana (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | OKADA was transferred to Australia by a hospital ship and interned at Gaythorne. He was hospitalised with beri beri at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital over a month in March. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to his back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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