Cemetery plot location: A-03-40
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA145509 |
| Surname: | SANO |
| Other names: | Rentaro |
| Plate name: | SANO, RENTARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 佐野 連太郎 |
| Grave location: | A-03-40 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-03-23 |
| Place of birth: | 5850 18-chome, Hifoyado-cho, Shizuoka-gun, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 3-banchi, 50-chome, Kanda-mura, Tokyo-gun, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Air Artillery 1 Company, 85 Battalion, Tsuda Butai |
| Date of capture: | Between 1943-03-16 and 1943-03-21 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Vehicle driver |
| 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: | Not recorded |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SANO was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 4 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | SANO did not supply any information about his family. The addresses he gave were most probably false. His body could not be identified; hence the grave plaque says that he was buried near this spot. |
| Related images: | SANO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |