Cemetery plot location: A-07-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145483 |
| Surname: | MACHII |
| Other names: | Ichiro |
| Plate name: | MACHII, ICHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | Ichire MACHII |
| Name in kanji: | 町井 一郎 |
| Grave location: | A-07-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-10-15 |
| Place of birth: | 272-2, Oaza Hanashi, Motegi-machi, Hana-gun, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 272-2, Oaza Hanashi, Motegi-machi, Hana-gun, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Moto 2808, Hondo Butai, 62 Regiment, Engineers. Headquarters Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-09 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Kimii MACHII |
| Address of next of kin: | 272-2, Oaza Hanashi, Motegi-machi, Hana-gun, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Tamekichi MACHII |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Roku (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MACHII was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | Not recorded |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | MACHII’s records, held at the Office of Australian War Graves, are sketchy. His body, burned inside a hut, was never definitively identified. The grave plaque says, “Buried near this spot”, as his remains could not be separated from others, and therefore were not individually identified. He was on the Shinai Maru when it was sunk. He must have drifted to Goodenough Island on a rescue boat. |
| Related images: | MACHII’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |