Cemetery plot location: A-02-35
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147045 |
| Surname: | INABA |
| Other names: | Jiro |
| Plate name: | IANBA, JIRO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Jiro IANBA |
| Name in kanji: | 稲場 次朗 |
| Grave location: | A-02-35 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-06-03 |
| Place of birth: | Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Kameido, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 53 Regiment, Regimental Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-19 |
| Place of capture: | East of Rottock Bay, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-18 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Mechanic |
| 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: | Yui INABA |
| Address of next of kin: | 2-380, Kizaki-cho, Nishi, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Shinichi INABA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yui (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 110 lb, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After INABA was interned in Gaythorne, he was hospitalised four days with an infected right finger at the beginning of April 1944. He was transferred to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He was hospitalised for a few days with malaria in June 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | In one of the NAA reports, INABA’s mother’s name was recorded as Kimiyo YOSHII and Yui INABA. In the International Bureaux of Relief and Information document, his next of kin was recorded as Kimiyo INABA. |
| Related images: | INABA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |