Cemetery plot location: A-03-11
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145019 |
| Surname: | TAKAESU |
| Other names: | Isamu |
| Plate name: | TAKAESU, ISAMU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 高江洲 勇 |
| Grave location: | A-03-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-06-25 |
| Place of birth: | 56 Shuri-machi, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 56 Shuri-machi, Okinawa, Japan |
| Business address: | 56 Shuri-machi, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Petty Officer, Stoker |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, Kure No. 5 Special Landing Party, Fujikawa Company |
| Date of capture: | 1942-09 |
| Place of capture: | Pongani, New Guniea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-10-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Kinue TAKAESU |
| Address of next of kin: | 56 Shuri-machi, Okinawa |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Miyoji TAKAESU |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kana MIYASATO |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 140 lbs, sallow tan complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | TAKAESU was transferred to Cowra on 9 January 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | TAKAESU’s POW number was recorded as PWJA145018 in the Office of Australian War Graves record, but the correct number was PWJA145019. In the interrogation report, TAKAESU stated that he did not wish for his next of kin to be notified as she would be ashamed and/or disgraced. He signed one of the documents as TAKAYASU in the katakana script. He had a son.
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| Related images: | TAKAESU’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |