Cemetery plot location: A-04-34
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147119 |
| Surname: | KOIKE |
| Other names: | Isao |
| Plate name: | KOIKE, ISAO | AKA (Also Known As): | Isao KUIDE |
| Name in kanji: | 小池 勇男 |
| Grave location: | A-04-34 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-01-01 |
| Place of birth: | Ko 1476 Takafuta, Kinseki, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Private address: | Ko 1476 Takafuta, Kinseki, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 141 Inf. Regiment, 2 Battalion, Machine Gun Company (Ammunition carrier) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-13 |
| Place of capture: | Talasea, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Mortar wound on his right toe, weak and suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Candy shop |
| 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: | Kametaro KUIDE |
| Address of next of kin: | Ko 1476 Takafuta, Kinseki, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kametaro KUIDE |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 108 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, mortar wound on right toe |
| Movement report: | KUIDE was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria in Gaythorne and in Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| 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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