Cemetery plot location: A-06-36
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147575 |
| Surname: | IMOTO |
| Other names: | Yasushi |
| Plate name: | IMOTO, YASUICHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Yasuichi IMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 井本 康 |
| Grave location: | A-06-36 |
| Date of birth: | 1926-03-08 |
| Place of birth: | Oaza Sue, Ushima-mura, Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Oaza Sue, Ushima-mura, Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Tokyo Hydrographic Department, attached to Matsumoto Force |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-03 |
| Place of capture: | Manus Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Meteorologist |
| 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, Nichiren sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Shiroichi IMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Oaza Sue, Ushima-mura, Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Shiroichi IMOTO (nee TSUTSUMI) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shikano IMOTO |
| Identification: | Height 5'6.5", weight 124 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | IMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 July 1944. He was hospitalised with scabies for three days in July. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | IMOTO was very young. |
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