Cemetery plot location: A-01-18
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147266 |
| Surname: | HARADA |
| Other names: | Shigeru |
| Plate name: | HARADA, SHIGERU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 原田 茂 |
| Grave location: | A-01-18 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-07-15 |
| Place of birth: | Hikami, Ochi-mura Aza Yoshiki-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Shiraishi-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 141 Regiment, 7 Company, 2 Battalion (Medical Unit) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-28 |
| Place of capture: | Near Nomonda, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Poor |
| Trade or occupation: | Barber |
| 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: | Juichi HARADA |
| Address of next of kin: | Shiraishi-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Juichi HARADA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Take TAKENAKA (deceased) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 108 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a scar above right temple |
| Movement report: | HARADA was transferred to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was admitted to the Camp Hospital on 6 May 1944 and died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 1 November 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1944-11-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-11-02 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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