Cemetery plot location: C-01-10
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149250 |
| Surname: | SHA |
| Other names: | Yoki |
| Plate name: | SHA, YOKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 謝 右（？）基 |
| Grave location: | C-01-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-01-01 |
| Place of birth: | 350 Gay Dai Katen, Kabi, Shoka-gun, Taichu-shu, Formosa |
| Private address: | 350 Gay Dai Katen, Kabi, Shoka-gun, Taichu-shu, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 107 Air Defence Construction Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-15 |
| Place of capture: | Wewak |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-09-27 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer |
| 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: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Keiki SHA |
| Address of next of kin: | 350 Gay Dai Katen, Kabi, Shoka-gun, Taichu-shu, Formosa |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Sho SHA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shien (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'6", 112 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHA was hospitalised at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital in Gaythorne between 27 September and 12 November 1944 (cause not recorded). He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 8 December 1944, and on the next day, he was admitted to the camp hospital with malnutrition for twenty days. He was again hospitalised on 4 January 1945 with haemoptysis for two days. He was hospitalised on 12 February 1945, and died there on 25 January 1946 from tuberculosis and natural causes. |
| Cause of death: | Tuberculosis and natural causes |
| Date of death: | 1946-01-25 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | Not recorded |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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