Cemetery plot location: A-04-31
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145471 |
| Surname: | KAMIYA |
| Other names: | Takekazu |
| Plate name: | KAMIYA, TAKEKAZU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 神谷 武一 |
| Grave location: | A-04-31 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-03-08 |
| Place of birth: | 2-chome, Minami-machi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Shichiken-cho, Ikenohata, Shitaya-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Anti-Air Artillery, 50 Battalion. 3 Company (MO 3616) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-09 or 1943-03-10 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk (Matsuzakaya in Ueno, Tokyo) |
| 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: | Takehiko KAMIYA |
| Address of next of kin: | 2-chome, Minami-machi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Takehiko KAMIYA |
| Father’s occupation: | Radio/gramophone store owner |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ichi (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 2", weight 125 lbs, complexion sallow, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | KAMIYA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He died during the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Strangulation by hanging, suicide |
| 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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