Cemetery plot location: A-03-41
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 147661 (USA) |
| Surname: | KIMURO |
| Other names: | Ryota |
| Plate name: | KIMURO, RYOTO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Ryoto KIMURO |
| Name in kanji: | 木室 良太 |
| Grave location: | A-03-41 |
| Date of birth: | 1899-08-25 |
| Place of birth: | 22 Nishihakushima-machi, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 22 Nishihakushima-machi, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian employee |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Akatsuki 6178 (Workshop) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-05 |
| Place of capture: | About 70 miles from Hollandia, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Finisher |
| 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, Hokke sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yoshiko KIMURO |
| Address of next of kin: | 22 Nishihakushima-machi, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Daughter |
| Father’s name: | Nobukichi KIMURO |
| Father’s occupation: | Wood worker |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Moto KUBO |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 133 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a scar on his left ankle |
| Movement report: | KIMURO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 12 June 1944. He was admitted to the camp hospital on 3 August and again on 22 August with 'acute retention' and listed as 'Seriously Ill'. He died on 6 October 1944 at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Acute retention |
| Date of death: | 1944-10-06 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-10-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | KIMURO’s wife, Natsue (NOGUCHI) died when she gave birth to a child. KIMURO was ill when the breakout took place. He died in October with illness. There is a coronial record on KIMURO in NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/6395. |
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