Cemetery plot location: A-04-13
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147081 |
Surname: | KANO |
Other names: | Shoshi |
Plate name: | KANO, SHIYOSHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Shiyoshi KANO |
Name in kanji: | 加納 尚之 |
Grave location: | A-04-13 |
Date of birth: | 1921-11-11 |
Place of birth: | 1053, Azoaka, Fujidera, Minamiuchi, Osaka |
Private address: | 1053, Azoaka, Fujidera, Minamiuchi, Osaka, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 17 Division Independent Heavy Artillery 9823 Regiment |
Date of capture: | 1944-02-23 |
Place of capture: | Near Iboki, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-03-16 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Paper hanger |
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: | Yoshimatsu KANO |
Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Yoshimatsu KANO |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
Identification: | Height 5'2", 100 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | KANO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 June 1944. 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 |
Extra information: | The spelling of of KANO’s first name should be Shoshi, not Shiyoshi as recorded, however the kanji characters for his name could also be read as Naoyuki .
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