Cemetery plot location: A-06-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145430 |
| Surname: | ISHIZAKA |
| Other names: | Otsuji |
| Plate name: | ISHIZAKA, OTSUJI | AKA (Also Known As): | Otoji ISHIZAKA |
| Name in kanji: | 石坂 乙次 |
| Grave location: | A-06-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-07-13 |
| Place of birth: | 1168 Momono-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1168 Momono-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 115 Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, 11 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-18 |
| 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 ISHIZAKA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1168 Momono-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Matajiro ISHIZAKA (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kiyo |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | ISHIZAKA was transferred to Gaythorne from New Guinea on 18 March 1943 and hospitalised twice with malaria and once with fibrositis of the neck. He was transferred to Cowra on 9 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide, strangulation by hanging |
| 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: | ISHIZAKA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |