Cemetery plot location: A-04-29
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145030 |
| Surname: | YAMAMOTO |
| Other names: | Kiyoshi |
| Plate name: | YAMAMOTO, KIYOSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 山本 清 |
| Grave location: | A-04-29 |
| Date of birth: | 1912-01-28 |
| Place of birth: | Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Ikegoma, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 10 Regiment, Yamanaka Butai 3 Battalion, 7 Company, Tsuchiya Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1942-11-09 |
| Place of capture: | South of Gorari, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-11-19 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| 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: | Shinto |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Seiki YAMAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Seiki YAMAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Uai NODA |
| Identification: | Height 5' 7", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMAMOTO was hospitalised frequently in Gaythorne with malaria. He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra, but was sent to Goulburn to be hospitalised for a month. He arrived in Cowra on 8 February 1943. He was hospitalised at the Camp hospital in Cowra for four times. 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: | YAMAMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |