Cemetery plot location: A-03-20
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145440 |
| Surname: | KUBO |
| Other names: | Toraichi |
| Plate name: | KUBO, TORAICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Toraiichi KUBO |
| Name in kanji: | 久保 寅市 |
| Grave location: | A-03-20 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-10-16 |
| Place of birth: | Nagane, Toshi-machi, Tano-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Nagane, Toshi-machi, Tano-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 154 Regiment, 115 Infantry Battalion, (Moto 2804) 7 Company, 3 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Near Tufi, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Hana KUBO |
| Address of next of kin: | Nagane, Toshi-machi, Tano-gun, Gunma-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | KUBO was transferred to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He was hospitalised for two weeks in August 1943 (cause unrecorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to chest and neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | His first name was recorded as Toraiichi in the National Archives of Australia records, but he signed his statement as Toraichi, which was most likely his correct name. |
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