Cemetery plot location: B-07-10
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100314 |
| Surname: | FUJISAWA |
| Other names: | Sakai |
| Plate name: | FUJISAWA, SAKAI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | B-07-10 |
| Date of birth: | Not recorded |
| Place of birth: | Not recorded |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1944-11-02 |
| Place of capture: | Not recorded |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-11-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from cardiac beriberi and 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: | Not recorded |
| 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: | FUJISAWA arrived in Gaythorne from the South West Pacific Area on 23 November 1944. He was sent to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on the same day with cardiac beriberi and malaria. He died on 23 November 1944. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium. His casket number was 9146. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Cardiac beriberi and malaria |
| Date of death: | 1944-11-23 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | FUJISAWA’s NAA: MP1103/2 document does not exist, probably because he was too sick to be interviewed. |
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