Cemetery plot location: B-07-04
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147444 |
| Surname: | MATSUOKA |
| Other names: | Shuichi |
| Plate name: | MATSUOKA, SHUICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshitsugu MINAMIDE, Yoshitsuga MINAMIDE, Shinichi MATSUOKA |
| Name in kanji: | 松岡 秀一 |
| Grave location: | B-07-04 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-06-27 |
| Place of birth: | 2030 Minato Gozenmatsu-cho, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 2030 Minato Gozenmatsu-cho, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 80 Regiment, 1 Battalion, 3 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-22 |
| Place of capture: | Bogadjim, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-05-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Stone smith (wet stone) |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yoshimatsu MINAMIDE |
| Address of next of kin: | 2030 Minato Gozenmatsu-cho, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yoshimatsu MINAMIDE |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", 116 lbs. sallow complexion, black hair |
| Movement report: | MATSUOKA was transferred to Gaythorne from New Guinea on 21 May 1944. He was hospitalised at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on 7 June 1944, and died there on 1 July 1944 from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 4 July 1944. His casket number was 8540. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1944-07-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | MATSUOKA initially gave his name as Yoshitsugu MINAMIDE and signed one of the reports as 南出芳次． |
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