Cemetery plot location: A-02-16
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145442 |
| Surname: | NAGATOMO |
| Other names: | Seitaro |
| Plate name: | NAGATOMO, SEITARO | AKA (Also Known As): | Hisaye NAGATOMO, Seitoro NAGATOMO |
| Name in kanji: | 永友 清太郎 |
| Grave location: | A-02-16 |
| Date of birth: | 1909-02-02 |
| Place of birth: | 54 Owaza Hioki, Tomita-mura, Koyo-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 54 Owaza Hioki, Tomita-mura, Koyo-gun, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, A.S.C. Akatsuki No 2948 2nd Company, 4 Platoon. |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Near Tufi, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| 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: | Hisaye NAGAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | 54 Owaza Hioki, Tomita-mura, Koyo-gun, Miyazaki-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Kumakichi NAGATOMO |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Suoi (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | NAGAMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He was hospitalised in Cowra in September for one week (no cause recorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | NAGATOMO states he was in possession of a military handbook, a Post Office bank book (161 yen), and 25 yen in military notes at the time of his capture, but nothing was received at the New Guinea Headquarters. |
| Related images: | NAGATOMO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |