Cemetery plot location: A-04-28
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145636 |
| Surname: | MASHIO |
| Other names: | Zenichi |
| Plate name: | MASHIO, ZENICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 真尾 善一 |
| Grave location: | A-04-28 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-04-01 |
| Place of birth: | 809, Azuma-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 809, Azuma-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 51 Division, 115 Regiment, 3 Battalion, 12 Company Headquarter Section |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-21 |
| Place of capture: | Banduang, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Office clerk |
| 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, Shingon sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Katsuji MASHIO |
| Address of next of kin: | 809, Azuma-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Katsuji MASHIO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yuki KANAYA |
| Identification: | Height 5' 6", weight 120 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, flat-shaped ears |
| Movement report: | MASHIO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 26 January 1944. He was hospitalised in Gaythorne with malaria. In Cowra he was hospitalised with malaria and scabies. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to his back |
| 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: | MASHIO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |