Cemetery plot location: A-03-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147276 |
| Surname: | USHIRODANI |
| Other names: | Yukio |
| Plate name: | USHIRODANI, YUKIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 後谷 雪夫 |
| Grave location: | A-03-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1909-03-02 |
| Place of birth: | 304 Yuki-machi, Jinseki, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 304 Yuki-machi, Jinseki, Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Sergeant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army 141 Infantry Regiment 1 Battalion 1 Company Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-27 |
| Place of capture: | Talasea, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Kikuyo USHIRODANI |
| Address of next of kin: | 304 Yuki-machi, Jinseki, Hiroshima-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Sadaichi USHIRODANI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Aki OKAZAKI |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", 16 kan (132 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, false silver upper tooth at right of centre |
| Movement report: | USHIRODANI was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He was hospitalised with malaria for four days in May 1944. He received a gun shot wound during the breakout, and was hospitalised at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital where he died. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound and self-inflicted wound; not definitely established |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | USHIRODANI had two children, one son and one daughter. |
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