Cemetery plot location: A-05-11
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145266 |
| Surname: | MATSUMOTO |
| Other names: | Shojiro |
| Plate name: | MATSUMOTO, SHOJIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | Shijiro MATSUMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 松本 庄治郎 |
| Grave location: | A-05-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-07-30 |
| Place of birth: | 206, Waza, Waza-mura, Kami-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 6, 6-chome, Kaseminami-dori, Nishinari, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Yamagata 170 Regiment, 3 Battalion 10 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Extensive mycotic infection |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Umeko MATSUMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | 6, 6-chome, Kaseminami-dori, Nishinari, Osaka-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Sankichi MATSUMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Romatsu (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 3", weight 125 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion |
| Movement report: | MATSUMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) between 25 April and 4 June 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 4 July 1943. He was hospitalised frequently with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| 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: | MATSUMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |