Cemetery plot location: B-05-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145167 |
| Surname: | SHIROTA |
| Other names: | Hiroshi |
| Plate name: | SHIROTA, HIROSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 城田 弘 |
| Grave location: | B-05-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-07-27 |
| Place of birth: | Hoso-cho, Kasai-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hoso-cho, Kasai-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yazawa Unit, Artillery, Kitahama Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to his left arm, suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Dockyard employee |
| 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: | Otosuke SHIROTA |
| Address of next of kin: | Hoso-cho, Kasai-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Otosuke SHIROTA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kondan (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'6", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIROTA arrived in Port Moresby on 23 January 1943, and was hospitalised at the 2/9th Australian General Hospital with a gun shot wound to his left arm. He was discharged on 11 February, and sent to Gaythorne. He was sent to the 3 Australian Camp Hospital on 23 February with malaria. He was hospitalised with malaria twice in April and in May. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was later transferred to Hay, and died there on 7 September 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Asphyxiation by strangulation |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-07 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay War Cemetery |
| Extra information: | SHIROTA’s coroner’s report can be found at NAA Sydney: SP196/1, 5 PART 27. It is not clear if he had committed suicide. |
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