Cemetery plot location: A-04-25
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145371 |
| Surname: | NOMA |
| Other names: | Tsunenori |
| Plate name: | NOMA, TSUNENORI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | ノマ 典徳 （signature undecipherable) |
| Grave location: | A-04-25 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-10-21 |
| Place of birth: | 459 Kami-mura, Jinwa-mura, Onsen-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 459 Kami-mura, Jinwa-mura, Onsen-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 144 Regiment, Ogi Unit Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-25 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-08 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Government employee |
| 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: | Megumu NOMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 459 Kami-mura, Jinwa-mura, Onsen-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Megumu NOMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Isao (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 100lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | While NOMA was at Gaythorne, he was hospitalised frequently with malaria. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised twice at Cowra camp hospital. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
| 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: | NOMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |