Cemetery plot location: A-05-15
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147114 |
| Surname: | YAMATOGI |
| Other names: | Hisashi |
| Plate name: | YAMATOGI, NISASHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Nisashi YAMATOGI |
| Name in kanji: | 山砥 尚志 |
| Grave location: | A-05-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-03-13 |
| Place of birth: | 251-2, Ikusaka, Fugo, Tsukubo, Okayama, Japan |
| Private address: | 251-2, Ikusaka, Fugo, Tsukubo, Okayama, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 17 Division 23 Field. Artillery Regiment 3 Battalion 7 Company Headquarters, Platoon Sup. (telephone operator) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-13 |
| Place of capture: | Near Talasea, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-26 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Retail merchant |
| 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: | Makitaro YAMATOGI |
| Address of next of kin: | 251-2, Ikusaka, Fugo, Tsukubo, Okayama, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Makitaro YAMATOGI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5' 3", weight 120 lb, black hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion |
| Movement report: | YAMATOGI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 24 April 1944. He received gun shot wounds to his left and right thighs during the breakout and died on 6 August 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to thighs |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-06 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | YAMATOGI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |