Cemetery plot location: A-05-22
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145213 |
| Surname: | ISHIMARU |
| Other names: | Yoshimi |
| Plate name: | ISHIMARU, YOSHIMI | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshima ISHIMARU |
| Name in kanji: | 石丸 良美 |
| Grave location: | A-05-22 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-03-10 |
| Place of birth: | 1362 Maki-mura, Futami-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1362 Maki-mura, Futami-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yazawa Butai 3 Battalion 11 Company. 41 Infantry Regiment stretcher bearer and hospital orderly |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-22 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria, beriberi, infected right foot (assessed as not serious) |
| Trade or occupation: | Clothing factory hand |
| 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: | Asako ISHIMARU |
| Address of next of kin: | 1362 Maki-mura, Futami-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Jinro ISHIMARU (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Matsuno (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 6", weight 135 lbs, complexion sallow, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | ISHIMARU was admitted to the 2/9 Australian General Hospital in Port Moresby with malaria, and was evacuated to the mainland by a hospital ship. He was then admitted to the 114 Australian General Hospital on 13 February 1943. He was sent to Cowra on 16 April 1943, and was admitted to the 15 Camp Hospital. He was discharged from hospital on 14 May 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: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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