Cemetery plot location: A-04-12
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145707 |
| Surname: | KOGAKURA |
| Other names: | Kikuji |
| Plate name: | KOGAKURA, KIKUJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 小ヶ倉 菊次 |
| Grave location: | A-04-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-01-28 |
| Place of birth: | Hashishita-mura, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hashishita-mura, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 20 Division Engineers, (Koizumi Forces) 2 Company Equipment Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-02 |
| Place of capture: | Gali, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-18 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Kame KOGAKURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Hashishita-mura, Kishima-gun, Saga-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Haru FAKUDA |
| Identification: | Small scars on bridge of nose and above left eye |
| Movement report: | KOGAKURA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 24 April 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: | KOGAKURA also signed the reports in the katakana script. His mother’s maiden name was recorded as FAKUDA. It was probably FUKUDA. He had a son. |
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