Cemetery plot location: A-03-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147317 |
| Surname: | SAWADA |
| Other names: | Michinosuke |
| Plate name: | SAWADA, MICHINOSUKE | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 澤田 道之助 |
| Grave location: | A-03-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-12-11 |
| Place of birth: | 1200 Fukuhara-cho, Soto-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1200 Fukuhara-cho, Soto-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 53 Infantry Regiment Headquarters Section, Infantry Gunner |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-01 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Cook |
| 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: | Yoshisuke SAWADA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1200 Fukuhara-cho, Soto-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yoshisuke SAWADA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | SAWADA was transferred to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to the abdomen and leg |
| 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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