Cemetery plot location: A-04-18
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147091 |
| Surname: | SHIRAISHI |
| Other names: | Masao |
| Plate name: | SHIRAISHI, MASAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 白石 政雄 |
| Grave location: | A-04-18 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-11-26 |
| Place of birth: | Hana-gun, Takamatsu, Kagawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Hana-gun, Takamatsu, Kagawa-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 17 Division, 141 Regiment, 3 Battalion (Light machine gun gunner) |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-24 |
| Place of capture: | Iboki, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-03-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Grocery 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 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Masako SHIRAISHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Hana-gun, Takamatsu, Kagawa-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIRAISHI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 10 June 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria in Cowra soon after his arrival. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| 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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