Cemetery plot location: A-05-16
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147309 |
| Surname: | NAKAMURA |
| Other names: | Kurazo |
| Plate name: | NAKAMURA, KURAZO | AKA (Also Known As): | Kuraao NAKUMURA |
| Name in kanji: | 中村 倉蔵 |
| Grave location: | A-05-16 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-01-11 |
| Place of birth: | 677, Kokuroda, Hanaoka-cho, Ina-gun, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Funae, Matsue-mura, Inan-gun, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Funae, Matsue-mura, Inan-gun, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | Navy, 1st Class Seaman |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 88 Guard Unit, Naval Landing Party |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-27 |
| Place of capture: | Manus Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-05-27 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Shrapnel wound to the right thigh |
| 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: | Ino NAKAMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Matsue-mura, Matsuzaka-shi, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | NAKAMURA (first name unknown as he left the family many years ago) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Mine (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, shrapnel wound to his right thigh |
| Movement report: | NAKAMURA was transferred to the 2/5 Australian General Hospital from the 58 USA Hospital. He was interned in Gaythorne on 27 May 1944 and transferred to Cowra on 24 June 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to back and neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | His address was recorded as Miyagi, but it was most likely to have been Mie. He signed his name in kanji characters, but the handwriting was bad. |
| Related images: | NAKAMURA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |