Cemetery plot location: A-07-16
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145242 |
| Surname: | KURISU |
| Other names: | Yasushi |
| Plate name: | KURISA, YASUSHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Yasushi KURISA |
| Name in kanji: | 栗栖 康司 |
| Grave location: | A-07-16 |
| Date of birth: | 1918-03-03 |
| Place of birth: | Taisaku, Shibaga-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Taisaku, Shibaga-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Kimura-tai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | No relatives |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Yoshio KURISU (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Fujino (maiden name unknown) (Deceased) |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | KURISU was suffering from malaria and hospitalised in New Guinea. He was interned in Gaythorne and hospitalised with malaria twice in February and April 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised again in July and October 1943, probably with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound and other possible self-inflicted wound |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-09 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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