Cemetery plot location: A-02-27
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145169 |
| Surname: | HASHIMOTO |
| Other names: | Junichi |
| Plate name: | HASHIMOTO, JUNICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Masao HAMADA |
| Name in kanji: | 橋本 淳一 |
| Grave location: | A-02-27 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-06-25 |
| Place of birth: | Shinjo-son, Takaoka-gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Takaoka-gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 144 Regiment, 3 Battalion, Artillery Unit, Tsukamoto, Tsu 32 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-20 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria and dysentery |
| Trade or occupation: | Cement office worker |
| 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: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Raiji HASHIMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yone (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'7", 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | HASHIMOTO was suffering from malaria and dysentery when he was captured. He was hospitalised in Port Moresby and in Gaythorne. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 April 1943, and hospitalised three times in 1943 with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | HASHIMOTO was recorded initially as being married, but this record, and his wife’s name, was crossed out, and his marital status was corrected to single. In the interrogation forms, he was recorded as being married. |
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