Cemetery plot location: A-05-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145235 |
| Surname: | OKUBO |
| Other names: | Toda |
| Plate name: | OKUBO, TODA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 大久保 籐太 |
| Grave location: | A-05-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-04-04 |
| Place of birth: | Ogo, Ishine-mura, Shuso-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 3, 6-chome, Teshira-dori, Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Hogumi-Butai, Takiishi-Tai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-24 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Wharf labourer |
| 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: | Yoshei OKUBO |
| Address of next of kin: | 3, 6-chome, Teshira-dori, Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Gohei OKUBO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yasu (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 6", weight 80 lbs, black hair, dark eyes, sallow complexion |
| Movement report: | OKUBO was admitted to the 2/9 Australian General Hospital in Port Moresby with malaria on 29 January 1943 for about two weeks. After being interned in Gaythorne, he was hospitalised with intestinal colic for three weeks. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised for a week in September 1943 (cause not recorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | OKUBO’s wife’s name was recorded as Yoshei, however it was probably Yoshie. His private address was recorded as Nishimare-ku, but it was most probably Nishinari-ku.
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