Cemetery plot location: A-02-40
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145420 |
| Surname: | TACHIHARA |
| Other names: | Masasuke |
| Plate name: | TACHIHARA, MASUTSUKE* | AKA (Also Known As): | Masutsuke TACHIHARA |
| Name in kanji: | 立原 正介 |
| Grave location: | A-02-40 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-10-04 |
| Place of birth: | Kiryu-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hatachi-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Marukoka-tai (Moto 2803) 2 Battalion Seki-tai, 5 Company, Asukura-tai, 5 Platoon, Lt Maeda |
| Date of capture: | 1943-02-15 |
| Place of capture: | Near Bulolo River, Wau, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-07-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to his left leg (in plaster cast) - taken to operating theatre on 20 February 1943 |
| Trade or occupation: | Worker in piece goods factory at Gunma-ken |
| 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: | Teru TACHIHARA |
| Address of next of kin: | Hatachi-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Kazuichi TACHIHARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yoshi (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, scar on left leg |
| Movement report: | TACHIHARA had a gun shot wound to his left thigh, and was transferred to Australia to be hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria and for his gun shot wound on 16 March 1943. He was interned at Gaythorne on 21 July 1943 and transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was given a 21-day detention on 4 February 1944 because of his absence from a parade. He received a 28-day detention in March 1944 because of an insolent gesture. 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: | TACHIHARA’s record reports that “He spoke little English.”
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