Cemetery plot location: A-04-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100058 |
| Surname: | OYAMA |
| Other names: | Sueyoshi |
| Plate name: | OYAMA, SUEYOSHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 大山 末義 |
| Grave location: | A-04-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-09-28 |
| Place of birth: | 517 Chiran-cho, Kawabe-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 5 Sakae-machi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Seaman |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 751 Naval Air Unit, Sasebo-cho-sui 44730 |
| Date of capture: | 1944-02-22 |
| Place of capture: | At sea near Kavieng, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-05-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Four scars on left shin |
| Trade or occupation: | Metal worker |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Sannajo OYAMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 5 SaKae-machi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Sannajo OYAMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Masu (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'7", 132 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, four scars on left shin |
| Movement report: | OYAMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 15 July 1944. 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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