Cemetery plot location: A-03-36
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145457 |
| Surname: | YAMAMOTO |
| Other names: | Kazuji |
| Plate name: | YAMAMOTO, KAZUJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 山本 一二 |
| Grave location: | A-03-36 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-09-14 |
| Place of birth: | Ajioka Ura, Gaigun, Higashi Fami-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Ajioka Ura, Gaigun, Higashi Fami-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, Kure Naval Station attached to "Aiyo Maru" |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-11 |
| Place of capture: | Goodenough Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Furniture (foreign) store employee |
| 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: | Koichi YAMAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Ajioka Ura, Gaigun, Higashi Fami-gun, Aichi-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Koichi YAMAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMAMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 3 July 1943. He was hospitalised at the 15 Camp Hospital for about ten days in August 1943 (no cause recorded), ten days in November 1943 with constipation, and three days with scabies in January 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to thigh |
| 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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| Related images: | YAMAMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |