Cemetery plot location: A-04-33
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147458 |
| Surname: | MARUYAMA |
| Other names: | Sadaji |
| Plate name: | MARUYAMA, SADAJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 丸山 定治 |
| Grave location: | A-04-33 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-03-28 |
| Place of birth: | 70 Tanaka-machi, Maebashi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 70 Tanaka-machi, Maebashi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 4th Air Force, 6 Air Survey Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-04-23 |
| Place of capture: | Near Hollandia, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-29 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Lathe operator |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Not recorded |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Fukumatsu MARUYAMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 70 Tanaka-machi, Maebashi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Fukumatsu MARUYAMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Municipal employee |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Michi NOGUCHI |
| Identification: | No information on height, weight 111 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair brown eyes |
| Movement report: | MARUYAMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 24 June 1944. He was hospitalised with scabies for a week in June. 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 |
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| Related images: | MARUYAMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs): |