Cemetery plot location: B-10-08
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145419 |
| Surname: | SHIMIZU |
| Other names: | Seiichi |
| Plate name: | SHIMIZU, SEIICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-10-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-07-24 |
| Place of birth: | 374, Shimotakatsu, Chichi-ura, Nihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 374, Shimotakatsu, Chichi-ura, Nihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 2 Regiment (Maruoka Butai), ASC Unit (Seki Tai) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-02-15 |
| Place of capture: | Near Wau Airdrome, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | 3 Australian Camp Hospital, Enoggera |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-09 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Lathe operator |
| 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: | Harukichi SHIMIZU |
| Address of next of kin: | 374, Shimotakatsu, Chichi-ura, Nihari-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Harukichi SHIMIZU |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Taka SHIMIZU |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | SHIMIZU was hospitalised in Port Moresby with malaria. He was transported to Australia by a hospital ship, and was admitted to the 3 Australian Camp Hospital on 9 March 1943 with malaria, debility and bronchial pneumonia. He died on 11 March. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 12 March 1943. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria, debility and bronchial pneumonia |
| Date of death: | 1943-03-11 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | SHIMIZU did not sign his reports, probably because he was too sick. |
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