Cemetery plot location: A-02-29
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145573 |
| Surname: | TAKAHASHI |
| Other names: | Takeo |
| Plate name: | TAKAHASHI, TAKEO | AKA (Also Known As): | Tukeo TAKAHASHI |
| Name in kanji: | 高橋 長男 |
| Grave location: | A-02-29 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-06-01 |
| Place of birth: | 865 Shimo Aoyagi, Obata-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 865 Shimo Aoyagi, Obata-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 51 Division, 102 Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, Moto 2803, Oba-Tai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-08-22 |
| Place of capture: | Komiatum, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-10-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Debilitated, with a wound on right wrist, scabies |
| 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, Shingon sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Katsu TAKAHASHI |
| Address of next of kin: | 865 Shimo Aoyagi, Obata-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Katsu TAKAHASHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Katsu WATAHEICHEI |
| Identification: | Height 5'7", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After his capture, TAKAHASHI was flown to Port Moresby and admitted to the 2/9 Australian General Hospital for a month in September 1943. His condition was recorded as being ‘debilitated’. TAKAHASHI was sent to Queensland on 7 October, and hospitalised there with malaria for ten days in October 1943 and for 5 days in November 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 December 1943. He had two more attacks of malaria, and was hospitalised twice, for 3 days each, in March and April 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| 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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| Related images: | TAKAHASHI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |