Cemetery plot location: A-03-22
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147283 |
| Surname: | OKAMOTO |
| Other names: | Masao |
| Plate name: | OKAMOTO, MASAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 岡本 正男 |
| Grave location: | A-03-22 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-08-05 |
| Place of birth: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Field Artillery 3 Battalion, 7 Company, 3 Platoon 3 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-28 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
| 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: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Iwashiro OKAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | 140 Kashiwano-cho, Akamatsu-mura, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Iwashiro OKAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Mitsue AKAMATSU |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", 16 kan (132 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | OKAMOTO was transferred to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria for ten days in May. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | OKAMOTO’s Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) record says: This POW was recognised as an OKAMOTO by other POWs. All other POWs of this name have been accounted for and are present in this POW camp. |
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