Cemetery plot location: A-02-37
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145376 |
| Surname: | AOKI |
| Other names: | Goro |
| Plate name: | AOKI, GORO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 青木 五郎 |
| Grave location: | A-02-37 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-03-20 |
| Place of birth: | 546 4-chome, Miyamoto-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 546 4-chome, Miyamoto-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Takamori Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-25 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Raftsman |
| 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: | Chuzo AOKI |
| Address of next of kin: | 546 4-chome, Miyamoto-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Chuzo AOKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ko (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair dark eyes |
| Movement report: | AOKI was intened in Gaythorne and hospitalised with malaria in March 1943, May 1943, July 1943 and September 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was hospitalised with a pustular rash or rashes for ten days in May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left chest |
| 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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