Cemetery plot location: A-02-30
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147255 |
| Surname: | KAWANO |
| Other names: | Hideo |
| Plate name: | KAWANO, HIDEO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 川野 秀雄 |
| Grave location: | A-02-30 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-10-18 |
| Place of birth: | Tamatsu-mura Aza Shirimi, Oku-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 95, 3-chome, Ue Fukushima Kita, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 81 Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion, 2 Company, 3 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-29 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Milkman |
| 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: | Iwakichi KAWANO |
| Address of next of kin: | 95, 3-chome, Ue Fukushima Kita, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Iwakichi KAWANO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yukiko MISAKA |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 116 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KAWANO was transferred from New Guinea to Gaythorne on 14 April 1944, and then on to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was hospitalised for about ten days in June 1944 with scabies. 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 |
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