Cemetery plot location: A-04-21
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145572 |
| Surname: | SEKIYA |
| Other names: | Bunji |
| Plate name: | SEKIYA, BUNJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 関矢 文司 |
| Grave location: | A-04-21 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-04-23 |
| Place of birth: | 1784, Ishihara, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Private address: | 1784, Ishihara, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 51 Division 238 Regiment 3 Battalion Nakagawa Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1943-08-15 |
| Place of capture: | Salamaua, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-09-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Railway 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, Zen sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Gunnosuke SEKIYA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1784, Ishihara, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Gunnosuke SEKIYA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5"6', weight 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SEKIYA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 31 October 1943. He was hospitalised frequently in Cowra with malaria, tinea and enteritis. He was put in detention for 28 days for damaging government property on 24 March 1944. 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: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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