Cemetery plot location: A-05-27
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145121 |
| Surname: | HIRATSUKA |
| Other names: | Akio |
| Plate name: | HIRATSUKA, AKIYO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Akiyo HIRATSUKA |
| Name in kanji: | 平塚 秋男 |
| Grave location: | A-05-27 |
| Date of birth: | 1924-09-20 |
| Place of birth: | Akai-mura, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Akai-mura, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Baba Butai 14 Pioneers, 55 Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-03 |
| Place of capture: | Buna area, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-01-29 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Well digger |
| 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: | Matsami HIRATSUKA |
| Address of next of kin: | Akai-mura, Fukushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Matsami HIRATSUKA |
| Father’s occupation: | Well boring |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Susaye (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | HIRATSUKA was hospitalised in Gaythorne with malaria. After discharge from hospital, he was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 12 March 1943, and hospitalised a week later. He was then transferred to the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) in Gaythorne for a few days in October, then transferred back to Cowra on 31 October 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left leg; suicide |
| 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: | HIRATSUKA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |