Cemetery plot location: A-03-22
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147283 |
Surname: | OKAMOTO |
Other names: | Masao |
Plate name: | OKAMOTO, MASAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 岡本 正男 |
Grave location: | A-03-22 |
Date of birth: | 1920-08-05 |
Place of birth: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Field Artillery 3 Battalion, 7 Company, 3 Platoon 3 Section |
Date of capture: | 1944-03-28 |
Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
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: | Iwashiro OKAMOTO |
Address of next of kin: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Iwashiro OKAMOTO |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Mitsue AKAMATSU |
Identification: | Height 5'5", 16 kan (132 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | OKAMOTO was transferred to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria for ten days in May. 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 |
Extra information: | OKAMOTO’s Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) record says: This POW was recognised as an OKAMOTO by other POWs. All other POWs of this name have been accounted for and are present in this POW camp. |
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