Cemetery plot location: C-06-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145279 |
| Surname: | YASUI |
| Other names: | Yoshiaki |
| Plate name: | YASUI, YOSHIAKI | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshaki YASUI |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | C-06-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-12-06 |
| Place of birth: | 2 Konohama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 2 Konohama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Communications 9826 Doi Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-23 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from diarrhoea |
| Trade or occupation: | Stone mason and draughtsman |
| 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: | Masaichi YASUI |
| Address of next of kin: | 2 Konohama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Masaichi YASUI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | YASUI was suffering from diarrhoea when he was captured, and was sent to the 2/9 Australian General Hospital. He was evacuated to the mainland by a hospital ship, and was admitted to the 3 Australian General Hospital on 11 February 1943. He died from malaria on 20 February, and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 23 February 1943. His casket number was 6559. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria |
| Date of death: | 1943-02-20 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | YASUI’s address could have been Konohana-cho, instead of Konohama-cho. |
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