Cemetery plot location: C-04-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147094 |
| Surname: | TAMAOKI |
| Other names: | Kazuyoshi |
| Plate name: | TAMAOKI, KAZUYOSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 玉置 一義 |
| Grave location: | C-04-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-12-01 |
| Place of birth: | 466 Otsu, Tsukiji-cho, Sumoto-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 466 Otsu, Tsukiji-cho, Sumoto-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1 Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 53 Infantry Regiment, Regimental Headquarters Battalion, Infantry Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-28 |
| Place of capture: | Karaya, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | He was sick (no cause recorded) |
| Trade or occupation: | Government servant |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tameyoshi TAMAOKI |
| Address of next of kin: | 466 Otsu, Tsukiji-cho, Sumoto-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Tameyoshi TAMAOKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Policeman |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ise OKUNO |
| Identification: | No height or weight recorded, sallow complexion with reddish cheeks, black hair, brown eyes, 4th finger on left hand missing |
| Movement report: | TAMAOKI was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on 28 April and transferred to the 114 Australian Camp Hospital on 31 August 1943. He remained there until his death on 18 April 1945 from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was buried in Goulburn War Cemetery on 20 April 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1945-04-18 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-04-20 |
| Place of first burial: | Goulburn War Cemetery |
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