Cemetery plot location: A-03-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145530 |
| Surname: | KURIHARA |
| Other names: | Seiji |
| Plate name: | KURIHARA, SEIJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 栗原 誠治 |
| Grave location: | A-03-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-12-17 |
| Place of birth: | Noda-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Private address: | Miyamoto-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 21 Independent Mixed Artillery Brigade, Nishi 9829 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-16~20 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Mat maker |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yasuko KURIHARA |
| Address of next of kin: | Miyamoto-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka-fu |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Skeitaro KURIHARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | KURIHARA was interned in Gaythorne. He was hospitalised with malaria three times whilst he was in Gaythorne, including about a week in July 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was hospitalised for about two weeks from 23 November 1943 with haemorrhoids. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | KURIHARA had a son.
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