Cemetery plot location: A-05-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145458 |
| Surname: | NISHIDA |
| Other names: | Ichizo |
| Plate name: | NISHIDA, ICHIZO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 西田 市造 |
| Grave location: | A-05-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-07-28 |
| Place of birth: | 21 Enami-cho, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Private address: | 21 Enami-cho, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 2 Independent Mixed Artillery Regiment, 2 Battalion, 2 Company, 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-09~10 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Machine manufacturing company (Hiromura Tekkosho, Osaka) worker |
| 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: | Ichiya NISHIDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 21 Enami-cho, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Ichiya NISHIDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tei (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5' 3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | NISHIDA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He was hospitalised in Gaythorne with malaria and appendicitis. He was hospitalised in Cowra with abdominal pain. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left leg and left side |
| 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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