Cemetery plot location: B-03-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 147217 |
| Surname: | TAKAHASHI |
| Other names: | Mitsuyuki |
| Plate name: | TAKAHASHI, MITSUYUKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 高橋 光行 |
| Grave location: | B-03-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1910-01-03 |
| Place of birth: | 2563 Otsu, Kumano-mura, Numakuma-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 2563 Otsu, Kumano-mura, Numakuma-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 141 Regiment, 3 Battalion, 9 Company, 1 Platoon, 4 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-29 |
| Place of capture: | Kometto, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yasuko TAKAHASHI |
| Address of next of kin: | 2563 Otsu, Kumano-mura, Numakuma-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Kichirobei TAKAHASHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tsuruno TAKAHASHI |
| Identification: | Height 5'6.5", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | TAKAHASHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was sent to Hay on 1 September 1944. He was admitted to the Australian Camp Hospital with acute tonsillitis on 1 March 1945, and died on 5 March. He was buried in the Hay War Cemetery on 5 March 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Heart failure |
| Date of death: | 1945-03-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-03-05 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay War Cemetery |
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