Cemetery plot location: A-01-17
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 148244 |
| Surname: | BO |
| Other names: | Han Zai |
| Plate name: | BO, HAN ZAI | AKA (Also Known As): | PENG, Huanlai or Huancai |
| Name in kanji: | 彭 煥來、彭 煥彩 |
| Grave location: | A-01-17 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-01-19 |
| Place of birth: | Kabi-sho, Fuko 279, Shinchiku-shu, Chikudo-gun, Formosa |
| Private address: | Kabi-sho, Fuko 279, Shinchiku-shu, Chikudo-gun, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Mo 2689 Butai Supply Depot |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-12 |
| Place of capture: | Demuta, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-28 |
| 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: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | HO SHI Bai Mai |
| Address of next of kin: | Kabi-sho, Fuko 279, Shinchiku-shu, Chikudo-gun |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | BO Ah Kin |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Unknown |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 115 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 8 September 1944. He was hospitalised at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital in Cowra with malaria on 7 December 1944. He died on 1 January 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria |
| Date of death: | 1945-01-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-01-02 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | BO’s coronial inquiry report records that his death was caused by 1) Broncho pneumonia, 2) Toxemia, 3) Pyaemia, and 4) Metastatic abscesses of the pancreas and the right eye. (NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/6556) |
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