Cemetery plot location: B-03-11
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 148525 |
| Surname: | JO |
| Other names: | Fuku Shu |
| Plate name: | JO, FUKU SHU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | No signature (Deceased before signing) |
| Grave location: | B-03-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1926-05-06 |
| Place of birth: | 16 Shimpo Gai-chome, Shingiku-gun, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Private address: | 16 Shimpo Gai-chome, Shingiku-gun, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Mori Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-18 |
| Place of capture: | Namber, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| 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: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | SIngle |
| Next of kin: | Yo So Shi JO |
| Address of next of kin: | 16 Shimpo Gai-chome, Shingiku-gun, Shinchiku-shu, Formosa |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 115 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | JO arrived in Gaythorne on 2 August 1944, and was admitted to the 67 Australian Camp Hospital with malnutrition and malaria. He died on the same day. JO was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium. |
| Cause of death: | Amoebic dysentery |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-02 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | Not recorded |
| Place of first burial: | Not recorded |
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