Cemetery plot location: A-03-18
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 100029 |
| Surname: | KOJIMA |
| Other names: | Masao |
| Plate name: | KOJIMA, MASAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Signed in alphabetic script |
| Grave location: | A-03-18 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-10-24 |
| Place of birth: | 3/16 Deki-machi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan |
| Private address: | 3/16 Deki-machi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant (Master cook) |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Artillery, Ohara Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-21 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-04-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Machine gun wounds on both legs |
| Trade or occupation: | Fire insurance |
| 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: | Takanori KOJIMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 3/16 Deki-machi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Takanori KOJIMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | KOJIMA was hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital in Gaythorne with malaria for 18 days in May 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide, strangulation by hanging |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | His father’s name was spelled as Takanodi, but it was most likely Takanori. |
| Related images: | KOJIMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |