Cemetery plot location: A-03-35
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145581 |
| Surname: | UCHIBABA |
| Other names: | Shigenobu |
| Plate name: | UCHIBABA, SHIGENOBU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 内馬場 繁之 |
| Grave location: | A-03-35 |
| Date of birth: | 1922-02-15 |
| Place of birth: | 74 Rokujuni-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 74 Rokujuni-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Petty Officer (Itto heiso) |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, 751 Kokutai, 2 Company, 2 Section |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-22 |
| Place of capture: | Cape Creton Area, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-13 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound to the head |
| Trade or occupation: | Home duties |
| 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: | Saiji (Toshiji) UCHIBABA |
| Address of next of kin: | 74 Rokujuni-machi, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Saiji (Toshiji) UCHIBABA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'6", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scars above right eye and left side of mouth |
| Movement report: | UCHIBABA was admitted to the 2/11 Australian General Hospital in New Guinea with a gun shot wound to his head. After being transferred to Gaythorne, he was sent to Cowra on 21 January 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to the right shoulder |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | UCHIBABA’s father’s name was either Saiji or Toshiji. |
| Related images: | UCHIBABA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |