Cemetery plot location: A-04-03
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145649 |
Surname: | OI |
Other names: | Hangoro |
Plate name: | OI, HANGORO | AKA (Also Known As): | Hangaro OI |
Name in kanji: | 大井 半五郎 |
Grave location: | A-04-03 |
Date of birth: | 1920-02-15 |
Place of birth: | Katoshi-mura, Nakakawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan |
Private address: | Katoshi-mura, Nakakawachi-gun, Osaka-fu |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 41 Kawa 238 Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion Machine Gun Company |
Date of capture: | 1943-10-24 |
Place of capture: | Markham Valley, near Lae, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1943-11-28 |
Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to left leg |
Trade or occupation: | Iron factory worker |
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: | Toichi OI |
Address of next of kin: | Katoshi-mura, Nakakawachi-gun, Osaka-fu |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Toichi OI |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Tatsu (maiden name unknown) |
Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, gun shot wound on left leg |
Movement report: | OI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 21 January 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: | OI’s birth place was recorded as Nakakawauchi-gun, however, it was probably Nakakawachi-gun. |
Related images: | OI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |