Cemetery plot location: A-03-17
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145533 |
| Surname: | DEBA |
| Other names: | Tokimi |
| Plate name: | DEBA, TOKIMA * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tokima DEBA |
| Name in kanji: | 出羽 時美 |
| Grave location: | A-03-17 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-03-19 |
| Place of birth: | Kawamoto-mura, Toyota-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 41 Regiment, Yazawa Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-30 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Wounded on right foot |
| Trade or occupation: | Mechanic |
| 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: | Hiroshi DEBA |
| Address of next of kin: | Mukaihara-machi, Takata-gun, Hiroshima-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Hiroshi DEBA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | DEBA had a gun shot wound to his right patella, and was hospitalised in Port Moresby. After he was interned in Gaythorne, he was hospitalised again at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital with an abscess or abscesses on the thigh. He was transferred to Cowra on 5 September 1943. He was hospitalised for a few days in February 1944 with tonsillitis. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to the right 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: | DEBA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |