Cemetery plot location: A-02-25
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145568 |
| Surname: | TANBA |
| Other names: | Senji |
| Plate name: | TAMBA, SENJI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Senji TAMBA |
| Name in kanji: | 丹波 千治 |
| Grave location: | A-02-25 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-02-23 |
| Place of birth: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | L.C.L. Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 238 Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, 3 Machine Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-14 |
| Place of capture: | Salamaua, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from beriberi, malaria, head wound |
| 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: | Ume TAMBA and Chizuo TAMBA |
| Address of next of kin: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother and brother |
| Father’s name: | Kanenosu TAMBA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ume HIROSAWA |
| Identification: | Height 5'7", 132 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, prominent scars above right eye |
| Movement report: | TANBA received some treatment at the field hospital, and flown to Port Moresby to be admitted at the 2/9/Australian General Hospital. He was evacuated to Australia, and hospitalised for one week at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital in 27 December 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 30 January 1944, and hospitalised at the camp hospital for one week. 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: | TAMBA’s rank was recorded as L.C.L. private. The meaning of the acronym L.C.L. is unclear. |
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