Cemetery plot location: A-02-21
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145223 |
| Surname: | SAITO |
| Other names: | Takeo |
| Plate name: | SAITO, TAKIO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Takio SAITO |
| Name in kanji: | 斎藤 竹男 |
| Grave location: | A-02-21 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-03-16 |
| Place of birth: | 321 Nakaori, Matsushige-son, Itano-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 321 Nakaori, Matsushige-son, Itano-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yamamoto Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Old wound on right hip from shell splinter, deaf from blast |
| Trade or occupation: | Railway rolling stock maker |
| 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: | Japan |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Buntaro SAITO |
| Address of next of kin: | 321 Nakaori, Matsushige-son, Itano-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Buntaro SAITO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hiromi (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SAITO was hospitalised at the 3 Australian General Hospital in Gaythorne in February 1943, and the 114 Australian General Hospital in Liverpool between 26 February and 16 April 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 16 April 1943 and hospitalised in June 1943. He was hospitalised with an infected finger in July 1944 for ten days. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to mouth and arms |
| 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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