Cemetery plot location: B-09-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147301 |
| Surname: | YUKOTA |
| Other names: | Yoshiteru |
| Plate name: | YUKOTA, YOSHITERU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | B-09-06 |
| Date of birth: | Not recorded |
| Place of birth: | Not recorded |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-06 |
| Place of capture: | New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Not recorded |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Not recorded |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | YUKOTA arrived in Gaythorne on 5 June 1944, and was sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital immediately. He died from malaria on 10 June 1944. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 12 June 1944. His casket number was 8450. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Malaria |
| Date of death: | 1944-06-10 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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