Cemetery plot location: A-07-17
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147354 |
| Surname: | IZUMIDA |
| Other names: | Ichiro |
| Plate name: | IZUMIDA, ICHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 泉田 一郎 |
| Grave location: | A-07-17 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-01-22 |
| Place of birth: | 26 Kotoyanagi-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 26 Kotoyanagi-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 4 Air Army, Shin 11701 |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-22 |
| Place of capture: | Karako, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-05-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Photographer |
| 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: | Yahei IZUMIDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 26 Kotoyanagi-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Yahei IZUMIDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Sue KOSEKI |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", weight 52 kgs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, surgical incision on each side of abdomen |
| Movement report: | IZUMIDA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 17 June 1944. He was hospitalised between 17 and 28 June with pyoderma. He was injured in the breakout, and died at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Self-inflicted wound by stabbing on the right side of his abdomen and bowel |
| 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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