Cemetery plot location: B-10-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 148097 |
| Surname: | OMORI |
| Other names: | Yasuo |
| Plate name: | OMORI, YASUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 大森 安夫 |
| Grave location: | B-10-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-07-20 |
| Place of birth: | 10 2-chome, Hontori, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 10 2-chome, Hontori, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 13 Air Defence Construction Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-06-02 |
| Place of capture: | Tomu, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-07-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Salesman |
| 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: | Sue OMORI |
| Address of next of kin: | 10 2-chome, Hontori, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Sue (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3.5", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | OMORI was transferred from Gaythorne to Murchison on 22 August 1944. He was then sent to the Royal Park Recovery House on 6 June 1945. He was transferred to the Mont Park Mental Home on 17 July 1945. He died on 11 November 1945 from suicide. He was cremated at the Springvale Crematorium on 14 November 1945, and his ashes were sent to the Directorate of War Graves. They were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide |
| Date of death: | 1945-11-11 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
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