Cemetery plot location: A-03-32
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145040 |
| Surname: | YOSHIMOTO |
| Other names: | Yoshihiro |
| Plate name: | YOSHIMOTO, YOSHIHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshihito YOSHIMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 吉本 義弘 |
| Grave location: | A-03-32 |
| Date of birth: | 1924-08-08 |
| Place of birth: | Tentsuji, Daito-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Tentsuji, Daito-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | 15 Regiment Yokoyama Butai Takada-tai 3 Company |
| Date of capture: | 1942-11-20 |
| Place of capture: | Ambogo Crossing, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1942-12-09 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from after effects of malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Assistant at Electrical Works in Amagasaki (NAA: MP 1220 / 2 Report); Barber (NAA: MP1103/1) |
| 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: | Umetaro YOSHIMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Tentsuji, Daito-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Umetaro YOSHIMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 125 lbs, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | YOSHIMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 20 February 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to the skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | YOSHIMOTO’s place of birth was recorded as Zentsuji or Tentsuji. There is a place called Tentsuji（天辻）in Yoshino region.
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| Related images: | YOSHIMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |