Cemetery plot location: A-02-13
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147275 |
| Surname: | HARADA |
| Other names: | Nobuo |
| Plate name: | HARADA, NOBUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 原田 信男 |
| Grave location: | A-02-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-08-14 |
| Place of birth: | 2922-10, Aga-machi, Kure-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 2922-10, Aga-machi, Kure-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | 141 Infantry Regiment 1 Battalion 2 Company 1 Platoon 4 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-27 |
| Place of capture: | Talasea, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Physically weak |
| Trade or occupation: | Arsenal 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, Jodo Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tame HARADA |
| Address of next of kin: | 2922-10, Aga-machi, Kure-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tame TAKABAYASHI |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 100 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | HARADA was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 5 May 1944. He was hospitalised three days in May 1944 with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to left chest and to face |
| 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: | HARADA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |