Cemetery plot location: A-04-39
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145565 |
| Surname: | KURINO |
| Other names: | Takeo |
| Plate name: | KURIMO, TAKEO * | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 栗野 武夫 |
| Grave location: | A-04-39 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-03-03 |
| Place of birth: | 1902 Imaku-mura, Itoshima-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 9, 2-chome, Daigaku-dori-azana, Fukuoka-gun/shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Tsukioka Battalion, Tanaka Company, Sato Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-18 |
| Place of capture: | Near Salamoua |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Leg wound, malaria and debility |
| Trade or occupation: | Motor car driver |
| 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, Shin-sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tsuru KURINO |
| Address of next of kin: | 9, 2-chome, Daigaku-dori-azana, Fukuoka-gun/shi, Fukuoka-ken; Ohara, Ohara-kura, Itoshima-gun, Fukuoka-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Daisaburo KURINO (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tsuru HOIKAWA |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | KURINO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 21 January 1944. He was hospitalised frequently in Gaythorne and in Cowra with wounds and malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | KURINO gave two different addresses for his mother. |
| Related images: | KURINO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |