Cemetery plot location: A-06-04
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147193 |
| Surname: | SHIMOYAMA |
| Other names: | Yoshio |
| Plate name: | SHIMOYAMA, YOSHIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 下山 由夫 |
| Grave location: | A-06-04 |
| Date of birth: | 1910-05-14 |
| Place of birth: | 46 Itoya-cho, Itosaki-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 6 Hamaguchi-cho, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Mitsukoshi Department Store |
| Military rank: | Sergeant Major |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 141 Regiment 2 Battalion 5 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-23 |
| Place of capture: | Island off 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: | Clerk |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Tomie SHIMOYAMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 6 Hamaguchi-cho, Sumiyoshi-ku Osaka-shi, 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 5'3", 50 kgs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar on his left wrist |
| Movement report: | SHIMOYAMA was hospitalised once in Gaythorne with malaria. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 June 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Suicide, stangulation 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: | SHIMOYAMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |