Cemetery plot location: A-03-27
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145021 |
| Surname: | OKINO |
| Other names: | Jiro |
| Plate name: | OKINO, JIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 沖野 次郎 |
| Grave location: | A-03-27 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-03-15 |
| Place of birth: | Tokushima, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Osaka, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Tate 8417 |
| Date of capture: | 1942-10-03 |
| Place of capture: | Ioribaiwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-10-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Art silk worker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Haru OKINO |
| Address of next of kin: | Osaka, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Motohiro OKINO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Haru OKINO |
| Identification: | Height 5', weight 110 lbs, swarthy complexion, dark hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | OKINO was hospitalised at 3 Australian Camp Hospital in Gaythorne with malaria for a week in November 1943. He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 8 January 1943. He was hospitalised for 12 days in February 1944 with a scald on his left leg. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to 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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| Related images: | OKINO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs): |