Cemetery plot location: A-05-07
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145473 |
| Surname: | NAKATA |
| Other names: | Takao |
| Plate name: | NAKATA, TAKAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 中田 孝男 |
| Grave location: | A-05-07 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-11-23 |
| Place of birth: | Tama-mura, Kojima-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tama-mura, Kojima-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Independent Infantry Battalion, 1 Battalion, 1 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-09~10 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Office 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: | Nami NAKATA |
| Address of next of kin: | Tama-mura, Kojima-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Tatsuhichi NAKATA (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Nami (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 4", weight 130 lbs, completion sallow, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | NAKATA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He was hospitalised with malaria in Gaythorne and Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | In NAKATA’s Service and Casualty form (NAA: MP1103/1), his mother was recorded as his wife. |
| Related images: | NAKATA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |