Cemetery plot location: A-03-08
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145401 |
| Surname: | ICHIMURA |
| Other names: | Takeo |
| Plate name: | ICHIMURA, TAKIO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Takio ICHIMURA |
| Name in kanji: | 市村 武雄 |
| Grave location: | A-03-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-11-04 |
| Place of birth: | 1042 Tai -mura, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1042 Tai -mura, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Maruoka Butai (Moto 2803), 1 Battalion (Shimamura Tai), 4 Company (Kimura Tai) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-02-09 |
| Place of capture: | Wau, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-03 |
| 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: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Seisaku ICHIMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1042 Tai -mura, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Seisaku ICHIMURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Taki (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | ICHIMURA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 September 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self inflicted wound on right side of the neck |
| 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: | ICHIMURA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |