Cemetery plot location: A-03-12
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145562 |
| Surname: | BOMURA |
| Other names: | Akira |
| Plate name: | YOSHIDA, ASKIRA * | AKA (Also Known As): | Yoshio YOSHIDA, Askira YOSHIDA, Akiro BOMURO |
| Name in kanji: | 坊村 明 |
| Grave location: | A-03-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-07-25 |
| Place of birth: | 1612 Toyofuku-mura, Shimomashi-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 1612 Toyofuku-mura, Shimomashi-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant Major |
| Unit regimental number: | Army Moridama Hikodan (2835 Regiment), 208 Hiko Sentai, 3 Chutai, 8328 Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-08-20 |
| Place of capture: | Tsili Tsili (Marilinan) near Wau, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Post office clerk |
| 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: | Kyushiro BOMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | 1612 Toyofuku-mura, Shimomashi-gun, Kumamoto-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kyushiro BOMURA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Wari KOJIMA |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | BOMURA was hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital in December 1943 for three weeks with appendicitis. He was transferred to Cowra from Gaythorne on 30 January 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | In a statement dated 22 August 1943, YOSHIDA said his name was Yoshio YOSHIDA, that he was a farmer and was born in Ibaragi. However, in a statement dated 21 October 1943, he said his name was Akira BOMURA and signed the document in that name. A document dated 4 September 1943 recorded that miscellaneous documents in BOMURA’s possession were the property of “BOMURA (Socho) – navigator. ” These discrepancies were probably pointed out to him, and then he stated that his “real” name was BOMURA. |
| Related images: | BOMURA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summaries (pdfs):
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