Cemetery plot location: C-09-11
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145523 |
| Surname: | YAMASHITA |
| Other names: | Kingo |
| Plate name: | YAMAGUCHI, KINGO* | AKA (Also Known As): | Kingo YAMAGUCHI; Kingo YAMASHITA |
| Name in kanji: | 山下 金吾 |
| Grave location: | C-09-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-12-07 |
| Place of birth: | 12 Karita-cho, Kyoto-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 12 Karita-cho, Kyoto-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Anti-Air unit Yamaoka Butai 3615 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-12~21 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Boatsman |
| 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: | Kinsaku YAMAGUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | 12 Karita-cho, Kyoto-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kinsaku YAMASHITA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 110 lb, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMASHITA was interned in Gaythorne and transferred to Allied Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) on 27 July 1943. He died on 28 August 1943. The cause of death was not recorded. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 31 August and his ashes were placed in a casket. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-08-28 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | YAMASHITA might have used YAMAGUCHI as his family name, but on one of the records (NAA:MP1103/2), he recorded his name as YAMASHITA, and he signed his name as YAMASHITA. His grave plaque records his family name as YAMAGUCHI. It is not clear which one was his real name. |
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