Cemetery plot location: A-06-39
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147205 |
| Surname: | YAMAGUCHI |
| Other names: | Jintaro |
| Plate name: | YAMAGUCHI, JINTARO | AKA (Also Known As): | Noboru YAMAGUCHI |
| Name in kanji: | 山口 甚太郎；山口 登 |
| Grave location: | A-06-39 |
| Date of birth: | 1910-09-06 |
| Place of birth: | 676 Kawashima Aza, Kawashima-mura, Mie-gun, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 676 Kawashima Aza, Kawashima-mura, Mie-gun, Mie-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Mo 3615-396, 50 Anti-air Battalion, 1 Company Headquarter Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-02 |
| Place of capture: | At 4 Rivers Kometto, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Jinemon YAMAGUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Jinemon YAMAGUCHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hanako TANAKA |
| Identification: | Height 1.58 meters, weight 48 kilos, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMAGUCHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 24 April 1944. He was hospitalised soon after arrival in Cowra for a few days with dermatitis. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | He signed his first name in kanji characters as Jintaro as well as Noboru. |
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