Cemetery plot location: A-03-04
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147353 |
Surname: | KAIGI |
Other names: | Masanobu |
Plate name: | KAIGI, MASANOBU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 回木 生徳 |
Grave location: | A-03-04 |
Date of birth: | 1915-11-05 |
Place of birth: | 109 Daimon-cho, Ichikawa, Shiro-gun, Nishihatsu, Yamanashi-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 109 Daimon-cho, Ichikawa, Shiro-gun, Nishihatsu, Yamanashi-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | Superior Private |
Unit regimental number: | 4 Air Force, Construction Company, Shin 7850 Force |
Date of capture: | 1944-04-22 |
Place of capture: | Karako, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-05-21 |
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: | Methodist |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Shido KAIGI |
Address of next of kin: | 109 Daimon-cho, Ichikawa, Shiro-gun, Nishihatsu, Yamanashi-ken |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Shido KAIGI |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Sadaji KAIGI |
Identification: | Height 5'1", 116 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | KAIGI was interned in Gaythorne and hospitalised with malaria in June 1944 for 8 days. He was transferred to Cowra on 24 June 1944, and hospitalised with pleurodynia for five days in July 1944. He died after breaking out of the camp. |
Cause of death: | Suicide, torso severed by railway engine |
Date of death: | 1944-08-06 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
Extra information: | KAIGI’s street number for his addresses was recorded either as 1009 or 109. 109 is more likely to be correct. |
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