Cemetery plot location: A-03-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145433 |
| Surname: | WATANABE |
| Other names: | Ichiro |
| Plate name: | WATANABE, UCHIRO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Uchiro WATANABE |
| Name in kanji: | 渡辺 一郎 |
| Grave location: | A-03-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-03-01 |
| Place of birth: | 1 Honmachi, Gunma-ken Japan |
| Private address: | c/o Yamato Trading Company, 29 7-chome, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 115 Regiment 115 Artillery Unit, Moto 2804 Colonel Endo, Captain Ino Seiju |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-07 |
| Place of capture: | Port Hennessy, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-18 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk |
| 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: | Sakuro WATANABE |
| Address of next of kin: | Sendai (details unknown) |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Taro WATANABE |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hana WATANABE |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | WATANABE was interned in Gaythorne and hospitalised with malaria between 1 April and 21 April 1944. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self inflicted wounds |
| 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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