Cemetery plot location: A-05-34
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145484 |
| Surname: | ISHIHARA |
| Other names: | Masayoshi |
| Plate name: | ISHIHARA, MASAYOSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Mayayoshi ISHIHARA |
| Name in kanji: | 石原 省義 |
| Grave location: | A-05-34 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-05-07 |
| Place of birth: | 18 Yamazaki, Sobue-cho, Nakashima-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 18 Yamazaki, Sobue-cho, Nakashima-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Iwa 3616, 14 Regiment, 50 Battalion, 1 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-09 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Giichi ISHIHARA |
| Address of next of kin: | 18 Yamazaki, Sobue-cho, Nakashima-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Giichi ISHIHARA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Takae |
| Identification: | Height 5'2”, weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | ISHIHARA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He was hospitalised in Cowra with 'sickness' twice in September 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to his left chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | ISHIHARA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs): |