Cemetery plot location: A-04-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145368 |
| Surname: | MORIWAKE |
| Other names: | Masami |
| Plate name: | MORIWAKE, MASAMI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 森脇 政實 |
| Grave location: | A-04-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-03-25 |
| Place of birth: | 175 Okumura, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 175 Okumura, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 144 Regiment, Ogi Tai attached to Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-25 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk at Hagiwara Paper Mills in Osaka |
| 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: | Haruko MORIWAKE |
| Address of next of kin: | 175 Okumura, Nagaoka-gun, Kochi-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Masaji MORIWAKE |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Matsuko (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MORIWAKE was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 4 April 1943. In Cowra, he was hospitalised frequently with 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: | MORIWAKE’s family name can be read as MORIWAKI. Report on POW records his rank as 2nd Class Corporal, but it is most likely the rank was 2nd Class Private. |
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