Cemetery plot location: B-09-04
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 150091 |
| Surname: | SAKAMOTO |
| Other names: | Saburo |
| Plate name: | SAKAMOTO, SAKURO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Sakuro SAKAMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-09-04 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-03-07 |
| Place of birth: | Kita Akita-gun, Akita-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kita Akita-gun, Akita-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 36 Division, 222 Regiment, Kutsume Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-21 |
| Place of capture: | Wardo, Biaki Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-10-14 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from dysentery |
| Trade or occupation: | City engineer |
| 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: | Raikichi SAKAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Kita Akita-gun, Akita-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Raikichi SAKAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 95 lbs, sallow complexion, dark hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SAKAMOTO was sick when he arrived in Gaythorne on 14 October 1944, and was sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on the same day. He died on 28 October 1944 from amoebiasis baccillary dysentery. He was cremated on 31 October 1944 at the Mt Thompson Crematorium. |
| Cause of death: | Amoebiasis baccillary dysentery |
| Date of death: | 1944-10-28 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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