Cemetery plot location: A-03-33
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145254 |
| Surname: | EMI |
| Other names: | Kazushige |
| Plate name: | EMI, KASUSHIGE * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kasushige EMI |
| Name in kanji: | 恵美 和重 |
| Grave location: | A-03-33 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-11-25 |
| Place of birth: | 1284 Futatsueki, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Private address: | 1284 Futatsueki, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yamagata-butai, 37 Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-22 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Printer's agent |
| 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: | Raku EMI |
| Address of next of kin: | 1284 Futatsueki, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Grandmother |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 106 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | EMI was suffering from malaria, and was hospitalised often before he was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 August 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to the right chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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