Cemetery plot location: A-03-26
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145210 |
| Surname: | TOKI |
| Other names: | Kinta |
| Plate name: | TOKI, KINTA | AKA (Also Known As): | Kinta DOKI |
| Name in kanji: | 土岐 金太 |
| Grave location: | A-03-26 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-11-23 |
| Place of birth: | Jugo-machi, Shononome-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Jugo-machi, Shononome-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime-ken, Japan (NAA: MP1103/1); |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Nanki Shitai, 3 Battalion Headquarters (Ogi-tai) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-20 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Mortar shell wound to his left arm, although not serious |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk |
| 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: | Yoshimasa TOKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Jugo-machi, Shononome-cho, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yoshimasa TOKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Koto (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", 122 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | TOKI was admitted to the 2/9 Australian General Hospital in New Guinea with a gun shot wound to his left arm, and was transported to Australia by a hospital ship. He remained at the 114th Australian General Hospital from 13 February 1943 to 22 June 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 23 June 1943, and hospitalised between 18 and 31 August 1943 in Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | The Japanese characters for the surname, 土岐, can be read either as Toki or Doki. In the National Archives of Australia (NAA) records, both TOKI and DOKI are recorded.
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