Cemetery plot location: A-05-30
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145704 |
| Surname: | KANETA |
| Other names: | Shichizo |
| Plate name: | KANITA, SCHICHIZO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Schichizo KANITA; Shishizo KANETA |
| Name in kanji: | 金田 七三 |
| Grave location: | A-05-30 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-02-01 |
| Place of birth: | 308 Hosoya, Ota-machi, Nita-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 308 Hosoya, Ota-machi, Nita-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Nakajima Aeroplane Company, Ota-machi, Nita-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 41 Division, 238 Regiment, 1 Battalion, 4 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-09 |
| Place of capture: | Gali, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-02-22 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yaeko KANETA |
| Address of next of kin: | 308 Hosoya, Ota-machi, Nita-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Teruji KANETA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Toshiko KURIBARA |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, wears glasses, deep voice |
| Movement report: | KANETA was transferred to Australia and interrogated at Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) for a week in March 1944. He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 20 March 1944. He was hospitalised for a few days in May with malaria. 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: | KANETA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |