Cemetery plot location: C-05-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA(USA) 149246 |
| Surname: | NISHIOKA |
| Other names: | Sueo |
| Plate name: | NISHIOKA Sueo | AKA (Also Known As): | Not recorded |
| Name in kanji: | 西岡 季夫 |
| Grave location: | C-05-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1923-08-06 |
| Place of birth: | Aza Abeyama, Naka-mura, Kawakami-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Aza Abeyama, Naka-mura, Kawakami-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | 57 Independent Engineer Sea Transport |
| Date of capture: | 1944-08-14 |
| Place of capture: | Sorido, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-09-12 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from diarrhoea and beriberi |
| Trade or occupation: | Student |
| 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, Jodo-shinshu sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Shinichi NISHIOKA |
| Address of next of kin: | Aza Abeyama, Naka-mura, Kawakami-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Shinichi NISHIOKA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | NISHIOKA arrived in Gaythorne on 12 September 1944, and was hospitalised at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital with diarrhoea and beriberi on 14 September. He died at the hospital on 20 September from backwater fever. His body was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium on 21 September. |
| Cause of death: | Blackwater fever |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-19 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery |
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