Cemetery plot location: A-04-27
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145633 |
| Surname: | KOBORI |
| Other names: | Masuo |
| Plate name: | KOBORI, MASUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 小堀 益雄 |
| Grave location: | A-04-27 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-12-03 |
| Place of birth: | 53-3, Shimizu-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 53-3, Shimizu-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 51 Division, 115 Regiment, 3 Battalion, 12 Company, 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-23 |
| Place of capture: | Boana, 1" 656796 Bainduang, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-25 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Wounded in leg |
| Trade or occupation: | Rope maker |
| 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, Zen sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Mitsuji KOBORI |
| Address of next of kin: | 53-3, Shimizu-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Mitsuji KOBORI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5' 1", weight 107 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, wound in leg |
| Movement report: | KOBORI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 December 1943. He was hospitalised in the Cowra camp hospital with malaria, and then later with appendicitis. 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: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | KOBORI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |