Cemetery plot location: A-06-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145550 |
| Surname: | SUKITA |
| Other names: | Yoshio |
| Plate name: | SUKITA, YOSHIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 鋤田 芳男 |
| Grave location: | A-06-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-12-10 |
| Place of birth: | Maehira-cho, Oshima-mura, Kitamatsuura, Nagasaki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Maehira-cho, Oshima-mura, Kitamatsuura, Nagasaki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 319 Regiment, 2 Company, 8 Shipping Engineers |
| Date of capture: | 1943-04-09 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| 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: | Kiyo SUKITA |
| Address of next of kin: | Maehira-cho, Oshima-mura, Kitamatsuura, Nagasaki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kiyo (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SUKITA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised with malaria twice in Cowra in 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self-inflicted wound, stab in throat |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | SUKITA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |