Cemetery plot location: A-03-16
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145549 |
| Surname: | KOJIMA |
| Other names: | Kotaro |
| Plate name: | KOJIMA, KOTARU * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kotaru KOJIMA |
| Name in kanji: | 小島 幸太郎 |
| Grave location: | A-03-16 |
| Date of birth: | 1912-03-18 |
| Place of birth: | 594-2 Fujio-cho, Otsu-gun, Shiga-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 594-2 Fujio-cho, Otsu-gun, Shiga-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Akatsuki 2503 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-04-09 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Motor car driver |
| 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: | Tomiko KOJIMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 594-2 Jujio-cho, Otsu-gun, Shiga-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| 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 transferred to Cowra on 30 January 1944. He was hospitalised for two weeks in March 1944 with haemorrhoids. 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 |
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