Kokichi Nishimura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese soldier and businessman
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Place of Birth: Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
About Kokichi Nishimura
- Kokichi Nishimura (????, Nishimura Kokichi, December 8, 1919 – 25 October 2015) was a Japanese soldier and businessman who devoted his post-retirement years to traveling to Papua New Guinea to recover the remains of his former comrades and other Japanese soldiers who died during the Second World War.
- His life was described in the 2008 book The Bone Man of Kokoda by Australian journalist Charles Happell.
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