Cemetery plot location: A-05-24
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145510 |
| Surname: | OGURI |
| Other names: | Kenji |
| Plate name: | NIINO, KENJI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kenji NIINO; Sakiro OGURI, Kenji OGURI |
| Name in kanji: | 新野 憲次 |
| Grave location: | A-05-24 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-08-29 |
| Place of birth: | Naka-mura, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Naka-mura, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Anti-Air Artillery 50 Regiment, 78 Battalion, 3 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-21 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yae NIINO |
| Address of next of kin: | Naka-mura, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | OGURI was hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria for two weeks in July 1943. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 September 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide, strangulation by hanging |
| 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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