Cemetery plot location: A-05-26
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147004 |
| Surname: | ICHIHARA |
| Other names: | Takashi |
| Plate name: | ICHIHARA, TAKASHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 一原 陟 |
| Grave location: | A-05-26 |
| Date of birth: | 1924-10-20 |
| Place of birth: | 80 Hirata-machi, Shikajima-gun, Ishikawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 63 Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 53 Infantry Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1943-12-30 |
| Place of capture: | Sumeru, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Kazuyo MAEDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 63 Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Elder sister |
| Father’s name: | Yoshio ICHIHARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Unknown (deceased when ICHIHARA was very young) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 5", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, bullet wound in back below left shoulder blade and incision in centre abdomen |
| Movement report: | ICHIHARA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 30 January 1944. He was hospitalised three times with malaria and once with scabies in Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left thigh |
| 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: | ICHIHARA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |