Cemetery plot location: A-02-08
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 100005 |
| Surname: | TSUTA |
| Other names: | Akira |
| Plate name: | TSUTA, AKIRA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 津田 章 |
| Grave location: | A-02-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-01-10 |
| Place of birth: | Hamago, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hamago, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 3rd Class Engineer Warrant Officer (4 years in Japanese Navy) |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy Destroyer "Yayoi", Regiment Number 15530 |
| Date of capture: | 1942-09-22 |
| Place of capture: | Unknown |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-10-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Burns on both wrists; disease of left ear |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Kunitaro TSUTA |
| Address of next of kin: | Hamago, Nobeoka-shi, Miyazaki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kunitaro TSUTA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Jin (Family name unknown) |
| Identification: | No height or weight recorded, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes; burns on both wrists; disease of left ear |
| Movement report: | TSUTA was transferred to Gaythorne and hospitalised at the 112 Australian General Hospital between 12 November and 25 December 1942 with an infection in his left ear. He was transferred to Cowra on 8 January 1943. He was admitted to the camp hospital on 30 January 1943 for five days (cause not recorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Strangulation by hanging, suicide |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | TSUTA’s name could also be read as TSUDA. |
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