Cemetery plot location: C-04-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 100506 |
| Surname: | SHIMURA |
| Other names: | Kazuo |
| Plate name: | SHIMURA, KAZUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 志村 一夫 |
| Grave location: | C-04-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-09-17 |
| Place of birth: | Ueno-machi, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Ueno-machi, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 222 Infantry Regiment, 2 Battalion, 2 Company (Mortar) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-11-12 |
| Place of capture: | Mondon, Biak Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-12-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Sick (no cause recorded) |
| Trade or occupation: | Clerk in rice wine factory |
| 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: | Yoshikazu SHIMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Ueno-machi, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yoshikazu SHIMURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tome SHIMURA |
| Identification: | Height 5", 110 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIMURA arrived in Gaythorne on 21 December 1944, and was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital (no cause recorded). He was transferred to the New South Wales Line of Communication Hospital (accommodation). He was then transferred from the 67 Australian Camp Hospital to the 114 Australian General Hospital in Goulburn. He died there on 14 March 1945 from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was buried in the Goulburn War Cemetery on 15 March 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1945-03-14 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-03-15 |
| Place of first burial: | Goulburn War Cemetery, New South Wales |
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