Cemetery plot location: B-02-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145067 |
| Surname: | AZUMA |
| Other names: | Kyoichi |
| Plate name: | AZUMA, HYOICHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Hyoichi AZUMA |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | B-02-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1910-03-18 |
| Place of birth: | Misaki-cho, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Misaki-cho, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Miyazato Regiment, Okajima Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1942-12-02 |
| Place of capture: | Near Basa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | 14 Australian General Hospital |
| Date interned: | 1942-12-25 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from a gun shot wound to his right abdomen |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Sumi AZUMA |
| Address of next of kin: | Misaki-cho, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | AZUMA arrived in Townsville from Port Moresby on 25 December 1942, and was hospitalised at the 14 Australian General Hospital on that day. He was admitted to the 112th Australian General Hospital in Brisbane on 29 December 1942, and died there on 2 February 1943. He was cremated on 4 February 1943, and his ashes were sent to the Consul for Switzerland. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Date of death: | 1943-02-02 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery |
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