Cemetery plot location: A-04-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147191 |
| Surname: | KANO |
| Other names: | Ichiro |
| Plate name: | KANO, ICHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 嘉納 一郎 |
| Grave location: | A-04-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1924-02-11 |
| Place of birth: | 2 1-chome, Nakadori, Utsubo, Nishi-ku Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 2 1-chome, Nakadori, Utsubo, Nishi-ku Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | 3-chome, Kitahama, Higashi-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 53 Regiment 1 Battalion 1 Company 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-25 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wounds to right thigh |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk in sake experimental section |
| 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: | Kiku KANO |
| Address of next of kin: | 2 1-chome, Nakadori, Utsubo, Nishi-ku Osaka-shi |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Yoshitaro KANO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kiku FUNA |
| Identification: | Height 5'6", 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, gun shot wounds to right thigh |
| Movement report: | KANO was transferred 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 |
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