Cemetery plot location: A-01-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 148736 |
| Surname: | SO |
| Other names: | An Sei |
| Plate name: | SO, AN SEI | AKA (Also Known As): | An Se SO |
| Name in kanji: | 曽 安井 |
| Grave location: | A-01-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-01-06 |
| Place of birth: | 527 Bako, Koko-sho, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Private address: | 527 Bako, Koko-sho, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Mori Unit, 2 Company, 1 Squadron |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-27 |
| Place of capture: | Noemfoor, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-28 |
| 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: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | So Shi RA |
| Address of next of kin: | 527 Bako, Koko-sho, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 90 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, gold front teeth |
| Movement report: | SO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 September 1944. He was hospitalised for a day in January 1945 with fibrositis. He was hospitalised with malaria in March 1945. He died on 12 May from fibrositis. |
| Cause of death: | Fibrositis |
| Date of death: | 1945-05-13 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-05-14 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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