Cemetery plot location: A-02-38
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147286 |
Surname: | MORIMOTO |
Other names: | Hideo |
Plate name: | MORIMOTO, HIDEO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 森本 秀夫 |
Grave location: | A-02-38 |
Date of birth: | 1920-10-27 |
Place of birth: | 685 Ishido Osa, Yoka-cho, Yasu-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 685 Ishido Osa, Yoka-cho, Yasu-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 81 Regiment, 1 Machine Gun Battalion, 1 Platoon, Tamewa Unit |
Date of capture: | 1944-03-28 |
Place of capture: | Mararia, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
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 Zen sect |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Jitsuzo MORIMOTO |
Address of next of kin: | 685 Ishido Osa, Yoka-cho, Yasu-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Jitsuzo MORIMOTO |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Shina YOSHIDA |
Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | MORIMOTO was hospitalised with scabies at the 2/5 Australian General Hospital in New Guinea. He was interned in Gaythorne on 17 April 1944, and transferred to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He was hospitalised with tinea for five days in May 1944, and with furunculosis in June 1944 for eight days. 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 |
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