Cemetery plot location: A-02-20
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145075 |
| Surname: | TADOKORO |
| Other names: | Yoshiki |
| Plate name: | TADOKORO, YOSHIKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Signed in alphabetic script |
| Grave location: | A-02-20 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-06-01 |
| Place of birth: | Tauku-mura, Kami-Gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tauku-mura, Kami-Gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 44 Regiment, Kusunose Butai, 1 Battalion. Machine Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1942-12-09 |
| Place of capture: | Basa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-01-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Kinuye TADOKORO |
| Address of next of kin: | Tauku-mura, Kami-Gun, Kochi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Kikuji TADOKORO |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ikuo (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | While in Gaythorne, TADOKORO was transferred to the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS). He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 20 February 1943. In Cowra he was admitted to the 15 Camp Hospital in March, April and May 1943 (no causes were recorded). 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 |
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