Cemetery plot location: C-06-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149842 |
| Surname: | SHOJI |
| Other names: | Katsuji |
| Plate name: | SHOJI, KATSUJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | C-06-01 |
| Date of birth: | Not recorded |
| Place of birth: | Not recorded |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-07 |
| Place of capture: | Not recorded |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-09-27 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Most likely very sick |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Not recorded |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | SHOJI was interned at Gaythorne on 27 September 1944, after being transferred from the South West Pacific. He was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on 28 September, and died there on 15 October 1944 due to malaria and malnutrition. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 17 October. His casket number was 8991. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria and malnutrition |
| Date of death: | 1944-10-15 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | Not recorded |
| Place of first burial: | Not recorded |
| Extra information: | SHOJI does not have NAA: MP1103/2 reports. It was probably because he was too sick to be interviewed. |
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