Cemetery plot location: A-02-04
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147133 |
Surname: | HARA |
Other names: | Yataro |
Plate name: | HARA, YATARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 原 弥太郎 |
Grave location: | A-02-04 |
Date of birth: | 1925-04-10 |
Place of birth: | Inashiki Aba, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
Private address: | Inashiki Aba, Ibaragi-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 2 Battalion. 4 Company 2 Platoon Light Machine Gun Infantry, Moto 4819 |
Date of capture: | 1944-03-16 |
Place of capture: | Off Pak Island, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-03-29 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Army arsenal |
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: | Isuke HARA |
Address of next of kin: | Inashiki Aba, Ibaragi |
Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
Father’s name: | Isuke HARA |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | HARA was interned in Gaythorne on 28 March 1944 and transferred to Cowra on 24 April 1944. 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: | Aba in HARA’s addresses above could be Aza. |
Related images: | HARA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |