Cemetery plot location: A-01-16
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 148436 |
| Surname: | CHIN |
| Other names: | Gin Sei |
| Plate name: | CHIN, GIN SEI | AKA (Also Known As): | CHEN, Yinsheng |
| Name in kanji: | 陳 吟生 |
| Grave location: | A-01-16 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-11-04 |
| Place of birth: | 54 3-chome, Omote-machi, Shinchi-ku, Formosa |
| Private address: | 54 3-chome, Omote-machi, Shinchi-ku, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Mori Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-18 |
| Place of capture: | Namber, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisonerof war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-31 |
| 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: | Not recorded |
| Nationality: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Shu Ran CHIN |
| Address of next of kin: | 54 3-chome, Omote-machi, Shinchi-ku, 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", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | CHIN was hospitalised soon after he was interned in Gaythorne. He spent 18 days in September 1944 at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital. He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 4 October 1944. He was hospitalised on 13 November 1944 with infected hemorrhoids. He died on 6 May 1945. The cause of his death was not recorded. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded in NAA: MP1103/1, but his coronial inquiry report is available |
| Date of death: | 1945-05-06 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-05-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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