Cemetery plot location: A-05-29
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 100000 |
| Surname: | SAKAKI |
| Other names: | Minoru |
| Plate name: | SAKAKI, MINORU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Signed in alphabetic script |
| Grave location: | A-05-29 |
| Date of birth: | 1905-05-27 |
| Place of birth: | Waki-mura, Sekigahama, Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Mukden, Manchukuo, Central Bank of Manchukuo |
| Business address: | Mukden, Manchukuo, Central Bank of Manchukuo |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Seaman |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, Kure No. 5 Hayashi Regiment (10493), Aruzenchina Maru |
| Date of capture: | 1942-09-06 |
| Place of capture: | Milne Bay, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-09-10 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Bank 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: | Satsuki SAKAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Goku, Otake-machi, Saiki-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Harokichi SAKAKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shina SAKURADA |
| Identification: | Height 5' 5.5", weight 127 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar on back of head |
| Movement report: | SAKAKI was hospitalised twice in Gaythorne with malaria. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 9 January 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 |
| Extra information: | Sakaki had three years service in the Navy between 1926 and 1928. During the early stages of the war, he was considered too old to be conscripted into the Navy. He had two children.
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| Related images: | SAKAKI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs):
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