Cemetery plot location: A-05-20
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145448 |
| Surname: | OMIYA |
| Other names: | Mikio |
| Plate name: | OMIYA, MIKEWO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Mikewo OMIYA |
| Name in kanji: | 大宮 幹男 |
| Grave location: | A-05-20 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-02-18 |
| Place of birth: | 107, Tadachi-mura, Nishi Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 107, Tadachi-mura, Nishi Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 51 Regiment, Signals Unit, Moto 2809 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Near Tufi, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-04-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Shop assistant at Ebisu Glass |
| 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: | Ichiji OMIYA |
| Address of next of kin: | 107, Tadachi-mura, Nishi Chikuma, Nagano-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Ichiji OMIYA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hagino (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, very near sighted |
| Movement report: | OMIYA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 May 1943. He was hospitalised twice with malaria in Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right shoulder |
| 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: | OMIYA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |