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  Daniel Leahy 2012 |
Location Cowra Japanese War Cemetery is located along Doncaster Drive to the north of Cowra in New South Wales (NSW) in Australia. Borders the Cowra War Cemetery. In 1964, the Cowra Japanese War Cemetery was consecrated. It contains 523 Japanese graves. They include 231 graves of prisoners of war killed August 5, 1944 during the breakout from Cowra Prisoner of War Camp (Cowra POW Camp). The prisoners included Japanese pilots and air crews shot down during air raids against northern Japan plus Japanese Navy sailors and Japanese Army soldiers rescued at sea or captured in battle. Also, Japanese civilian internees who died in Australia during World War II. The graves include thirteen unidentified Japanese airmen and one unidentified Japanese Army soldier. Grave QC 18 Grave of Hajime Toyoshima (aka Tadao Minami) signaled the start of "Cowra Breakout" with a bugle on August 5, 1944 at 2:00am and managed to reach a storm drain ditch but was shot in the chest and cut his own throat and died. On February 19, 1942 he force landed A6M2 Zero 5349 and became the first Japanese prisoner captured in Australia. Grave QC 29 (21125) Grave of Katsuro Nagatomo who died during the "Cowra Breakout" on August 5, 1944. On February 28, 1942 pilot A6M2 Zero 911 damaged and bailed out then was captured by the Australian Army became the the first Prisoner Of War (POW) captured in the Australian Territory of Papua. Other sources list this grave as 21125. Grave QC 32 Grave of PO2c Enji Kakimoto who died due to suicide during the "Cowra Breakout" on August 5, 1944 captured piloting A6M2 Zero V-??? ditched August 27, 1942 into Milne Bay and became a POW on August 31, 1944. Graves B04-02 to B04-09 Grave of the eight crew members of Ki-49-I Helen 174 crashed June 20, 1943 including: Captain Katsuhiro Ohta, Warrant Officer Katumi Nakahara, Sergeant Major Hiroshi Tuchiya, Sergeant Major Nasakatu Shinagawa, Sergeant Major Harukichi Jitukawa, Sergeant Major Naburo Hayakawa, Sergeant Kaichiro Hariya and Sergeant Haruyuki Kadota. References CWGC - Cowra Japanese Military Cemetery Thanks to Daniel Leahy for additional information Contribute
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