Cemetery plot location: A-01-21
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145446 |
| Surname: | MACHIDA |
| Other names: | Tatsue |
| Plate name: | MACHIDA, TATSUYE * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tatsuye MACHIDA |
| Name in kanji: | 町田 辰江 |
| Grave location: | A-01-21 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-02-19 |
| Place of birth: | 111 Minuwa-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 111 Minuwa-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 111 Regiment Signals Land Line Phones, 115 Endo Unit (Moto 2804) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Near Tufi, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-04-08 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Had a cold from exposure |
| Trade or occupation: | Government Railway Bureau Clerk |
| 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: | Seijiro MACHIDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 111 Minuwa-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Seijiro MACHIDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Nao (Maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MACHIDA was interned in Gaythorne on 8 April 1943 and transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne via Liverpool on 22 May 1943. He was hospitalised at Camp Hospital on 4 August 1943 and transferred to Cowra District Hospital on 5 August 1943. He died there on 15 August 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-08-15 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-08-15 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | MACHIDA’s first name was spelled as Tatsuye, but it should be Tatsue. His grave plaque records his name as Tatsuye MACHIDA. |
| Related images: | MACHIDA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |