Cemetery plot location: A-07-24
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147258 |
| Surname: | MIKAMI |
| Other names: | Makoto |
| Plate name: | MIKAMI, MAKOTA * | AKA (Also Known As): | Makota MIKAMI |
| Name in kanji: | 三上 誠 |
| Grave location: | A-07-24 |
| Date of birth: | 1912-02-02 |
| Place of birth: | 6 Kitahori-machi, Matue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 6 Kitahori-machi, Matue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 65 Brigade Field Hospital |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-29 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Business artist |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Ikuyo MIKAMI |
| Address of next of kin: | 6 Kitahori-machi, Matue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Miki MIKAMI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ei MIKAMI |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", weight 14 kan (116 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | MIKAMI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 5 May 1944. He was hospitalised on 6 May with malaria for three days. He was injured in the breakout, and died on 7 August 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right hip |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-07 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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