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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