Cemetery plot location: A-07-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145579 |
| Surname: | YAMAMURA |
| Other names: | Makoto |
| Plate name: | YAMAMURA, MAKOTO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 山村 孚 |
| Grave location: | A-07-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-01-01 |
| Place of birth: | 614 Sakae, Kamisakae, Masu, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 614 Sakae, Kamisakae, Masu, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 51 Division 66 Regiment 2 Battalion 2 Machine Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-14 |
| Place of capture: | Heath's, near Lae, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-30 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Long wound in a small area of his back (left side), suffering from malaria and dysentery |
| 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: | Bunko YAMAMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | 614 Sakae, Kamisakae, Masu, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Tatsuji YAMAMURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Boko YAMAMURA |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", weight 130 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, long wound in a small area of his back (left side) |
| Movement report: | YAMAMURA was hospitalised soon after he was captured, and transferred to Australia by plane. He was admitted to hospital with malaria on 21 October and remained in hospital until 30 December. In January he was again hospitalised with malaria for three days. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 23 February 1944. He was hospitalised on 5 August 1944 with hypostatic pneumonia. He died on 11 August 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide, strangulation by hanging |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-11 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-12 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | YAMAMURA died on 11 August 1944. He tried to kill himself by hanging and was admitted to hospital. |
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