Cemetery plot location: A-03-39
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA(USA) 148133 |
| Surname: | SHIMO |
| Other names: | Haruo |
| Plate name: | SHIMO, KAORU * | AKA (Also Known As): | Kaoru SHIMO |
| Name in kanji: | 下 春夫 |
| Grave location: | A-03-39 |
| Date of birth: | 1911-02-08 |
| Place of birth: | Heno Aza, Tomisata-mura, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Heno Aza, Tomisata-mura, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Leading Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 80 Infantry (Cho 2055) Headquarters 2 |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-27 |
| Place of capture: | Sokiam, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-07-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Iron 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 |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Shizuko SHIMO (maiden name INOUE) |
| Address of next of kin: | Heno Aza, Tomisata-mura, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Totaro SHIMO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tokue SHINYA |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", no weight recorded, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIMO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 July 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Not definitely established |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | Documents from the Office of Australian War Graves record his name as Kaoru SHIMO, however no records were found at the National Archives of Australia under this name. There is one POW, Haruo SHIMO, who died as a result of the breakout. There is no other SHIMO among the dead. Thus, his first name was most likely to be Haruo. The name was most probably misspelled or wrongly given as SHIMO when he arrived in Cowra.
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