Cemetery plot location: A-06-19
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147011 |
| Surname: | YAMAZAKI |
| Other names: | Ryoichi |
| Plate name: | YAMAZAKI, RHOICHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Ryeichi YAMAZAKI; Rhoichi YAMAZAKI |
| Name in kanji: | 山崎 良市 |
| Grave location: | A-06-19 |
| Date of birth: | 1923-01-20 |
| Place of birth: | Onoka-mura, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Onoka-mura, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Matsu 985, Iwasa Regiment, 1 Battalion, Machine Gun Section (ammunition carrier) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-01-16 |
| Place of capture: | Arawa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-02-21 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Woodsman |
| 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: | Hanayo YAMAZAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Onoka-mura, Shiba-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 4"11', 142 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, very small wound on top of his head |
| Movement report: | YAMAZAKI was sent to the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) from Port Moresby on 6 February 1944, and to Gaythorne on 21 February 1944. He was transferred to Cowra on 20 March 1944. He was suffering from malaria and hospitalised once in Gaythorne and once at Cowra. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | YAMAZAKI’s next of kin, Hanayo, was recorded both as his wife and mother. It is not clear which one is correct. |
| Related images: | YAMAZAKI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |