Cemetery plot location: A-02-28
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145517 |
| Surname: | TAKAMINE |
| Other names: | Akio |
| Plate name: | TAKAMINE, AKIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 高峰 晃雄 |
| Grave location: | A-02-28 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-12-03 |
| Place of birth: | 21 Naka Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 21 Naka Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 78 REgiment, Anti-air Artillery Unit, Dokuritsu Butai, Sano Daitai, Goto Chutai |
| Date of capture: | Between 1943-03-16 and 1943-03-20 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Driver |
| 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: | Akiko TAKAMINE |
| Address of next of kin: | 21 Naka Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-shi |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Unknown |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Akiko (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | TAKAMINE was hospitalised with malaria for about two weeks in both June and July 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943 from Gaythorne, and was hospitalised with malaria in November 1943. He was given 14 days detention for an offence against good order and discipline in November 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | TAKAMINE’s address was written as Mekuro in stead of Meguro. |
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