Cemetery plot location: C-03-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149434 |
| Surname: | KISHIMOTO |
| Other names: | Mamoru |
| Plate name: | KISHIMOTO, MAMORU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 岸本 護 |
| Grave location: | C-03-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1903-03-21 |
| Place of birth: | Miyoshi-mura, Okazaki-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Miyoshi-mura, Okazaki-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Lieutenant (medical officer) |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 248 Independent Military Transport |
| Date of capture: | 1944-08-18 |
| Place of capture: | North of Namber, Noemfoor Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-09-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Medical doctor |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Tomiko KISHIMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Miyoshi-mura, Okazaki-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 145 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KISHIMOTO was interned in Gaythorne on 2 September 1944. He was interrogated at the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) between 30 September and 3 October 1944. He was admitted at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis on 23 October 1944, and died on 1 December 1944. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 5 December 1944. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis, malaria and emaciation |
| Date of death: | 1944-12-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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