Cemetery plot location: A-07-27
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147186 |
| Surname: | SATO |
| Other names: | Masatsugu |
| Plate name: | SATO, MASATSUGU | AKA (Also Known As): | Masatsuga SATO |
| Name in kanji: | 佐藤 正次 |
| Grave location: | A-07-27 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-02-26 |
| Place of birth: | 13, 3-chome, Nakakamata-cho, Kamata-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 15, 2-chome, Aza, Okute-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 17 Division 53 Infantry Regiment, 2 Field Hospital |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-24 |
| Place of capture: | Near Talasea, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-04 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Printer |
| 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: | Yoshiharu SATO |
| Address of next of kin: | 15, 2-chome, Aza, Okute-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yoshiharu SATO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Chie ISHIGURO |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", weight 52 kgs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SATO arrived in Gaythorne on 7 April 1944, and on the 9th was sent to the 67 Camp Hospital with a gun shot wound. He was discharged on 20 April. He was transferred to Cowra on 3 June 1944. He was hospitalised at the 15 Camp Hospital with malaria on 9 June 1944 for three days. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | SATO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |