Cemetery plot location: A-05-19
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 100002 |
| Surname: | UCHINO |
| Other names: | Toshiro |
| Plate name: | UCHINO, TOSHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 内野 敏郎 |
| Grave location: | A-05-19 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-01-10 |
| Place of birth: | Iino-cho, Nishimorogata-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Iino-cho, Nishimorogata-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 3rd Class Warrant Officer |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 14395 Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1942-10 (date unknown) |
| Place of capture: | Not recorded |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-10-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Seaman |
| 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: | Shigeyuki UCHINO |
| Address of next of kin: | Fukushima, Minaminaka-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Shigeyuki UCHINO |
| Father’s occupation: | Carrier |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Masae (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar above his left eye |
| Movement report: | UCHINO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 9 January 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self-inflicted wound, stab to abdomen |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | UCHINO was in the Navy for five and a half years between 1937 and 1942. |
| Related images: | UCHINO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |