Cemetery plot location: A-03-38
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145234 |
| Surname: | SHIMIZU |
| Other names: | Yoshiki |
| Plate name: | SHIMIDZU, YASHIKI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Yashiki SHIMIDZU |
| Name in kanji: | 清水 吉喜 |
| Grave location: | A-03-38 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-01-16 |
| Place of birth: | 43 4-chome, Shimizu-cho, Kochi, Japan |
| Private address: | 43 4-chome, Shimizu-cho, Kochi, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 44 Regiment, Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-22 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Tailor |
| 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: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Masamitsu SHIMIZU |
| Address of next of kin: | 43 4-chome, Shimizu-cho, Kochi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Masamitsu SHIMIZU |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ume (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 90 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIMIZU was hospitalised in Port Moresby, then sent to Australia by ship. He was sent to the 114th Australian General Hospital by the 2nd Ambulance Train from Brisbane, arriving there on 26 February 1943. He was sent to Cowra on 30 April 1943. He was hospitalised for two weeks in Cowra (cause not recorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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