Cemetery plot location: A-05-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145604 |
| Surname: | MIYAZAKI |
| Other names: | Ryoji |
| Plate name: | MIYAZAKI, RYOJI | AKA (Also Known As): | Masao NAKAMURA |
| Name in kanji: | 宮崎 良治 |
| Grave location: | A-05-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1913-03-15 |
| Place of birth: | Oyama-mura, Aomori-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Euroyama, Ureshin-machi, Fujitsu-gun, Shiga-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 20 Division 80 Regiment 3 Battalion 9 Company 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-23 |
| Place of capture: | Arndt Point, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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, Jodo Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yoshiko NAKAMURA; Haruko MIYAZAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Oyama-mura, Aomori-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Yosaburo MIYAZAKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yukiko YAMAGUCHI |
| Identification: | Height 5' 3", weight 117 lbs, complexion sallow, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MIYAZAKI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 December 1943. He was hospitalised twice with malaria in Gaythorne and once in Cowra. 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: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | MIYAZAKI initially signed his statement as 石川美政, but he later signed his name as 宮崎 良治。 MIYAZAKI also initially stated that his name was Masao NAKAMURA, but later his correct name was identified as Ryoji MIYAZAKI. |
| Related images: | MIYAZAKI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |