Cemetery plot location: A-05-32
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145631 |
| Surname: | IWAI |
| Other names: | Takeo |
| Plate name: | IWAI, TAKEO | AKA (Also Known As): | Takeo YUWAI |
| Name in kanji: | 岩井 武雄 |
| Grave location: | A-05-32 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-06-29 |
| Place of birth: | Yanagi-machi, Koriyama, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Yanagi-machi, Koriyama, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 20 Division, 79 Regiment, 3 Battalion, Headquarter Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-19 |
| Place of capture: | South of Siki Creek, North of Katika, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-26 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Wounds on left side of neck, right elbow, right knee, right thigh, left thigh, unable to use his right arm |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk |
| 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 , Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Naramatsu IWAI |
| Address of next of kin: | Yanagi-machi, Horiyama-cho, Koyama, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Naramatsu IWAI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yoshi SABAI |
| Identification: | Height 5'10", weight 150 lbs, sallow complexion, back hair, brown eyes, wounds on left side of neck, right elbow, right knee, right thigh, left thigh |
| Movement report: | IWAI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 30 January 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound and possible other self-inflicted wound |
| 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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| Related images: | IWAI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |