Cemetery plot location: A-05-12
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145627 |
| Surname: | HANAZAWA |
| Other names: | Kazuo |
| Plate name: | NOZAWA, KAZUO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kazuo NOZAWA |
| Name in kanji: | 花澤 和夫 |
| Grave location: | A-05-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-02-11 |
| Place of birth: | 1962, Matsuo-machi, Sammu-gun, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1962, Matsuo-machi, Sammu-gun, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | 15, 2-chome, Azuma-machi, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, MO 1995, 51 Division 15 Independent Anti-Air Pom Pom Battery. 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-13 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kemen, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Very weak |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk |
| 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: | Toshiji HANAZAWA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1962, Matsuo-machi, Sammu-gun, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Toshiji HANAZAWA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Haru MORI |
| Identification: | Height 5' 3", weight 110 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, incision scar on back of right hand |
| Movement report: | NOZAWA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 30 January 1944. He was hospitalised in Gaythorne and Cowra with scabies and malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | NOZAWA signed as HANAZAWA and stated that his father’s family name was HANAZAWA as well. It was most likely that his real surname was HANAZAWA. |
| Related images: | HANAZAWA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |