Cemetery plot location: A-05-17
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145435 |
| Surname: | AOKI |
| Other names: | Tsunejiro |
| Plate name: | AOKI, TSUNE * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tsune AOKI |
| Name in kanji: | 青木 常次郎 |
| Grave location: | A-05-17 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-08-16 |
| Place of birth: | 6, 2-chome, Otsu-machi, Higashi, Nagoya-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 6, 2-chome, Otsu-machi, Higashi, Nagoya-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 8th Shipping Engineers Company Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island, Ref. Map Ferguson 4 miles to 1" R.F.2163 |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-04-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound on right thigh |
| Trade or occupation: | Mechanic (milling factory) |
| 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: | Chiye AOKI |
| Address of next of kin: | 6, 2-chome, Otsu-machi, Higashi, Nagoya-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Shoshichi AOKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shina (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, scars on both legs, bomb wound on his right hand fingers |
| Movement report: | After being captured, AOKI was sent to Australia by a hospital ship because he had a gun shot wound to his right thigh. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 31 July 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 |
| Extra information: | AOKI signed in kanji as Tsunejiro AOKI. His grave plaque and documents record his name as Tsune AOKI. His ATIS interrogation report records his name as Tsuneo AOKI. |
| Related images: | AOKI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |