Cemetery plot location: A-03-07
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147156 |
| Surname: | AOYAMA |
| Other names: | Fukuichi |
| Plate name: | AOYAMA, FUKUICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 青山 福一 |
| Grave location: | A-03-07 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-05-27 |
| Place of birth: | 5-chome, Kawani-mura, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 5-chome, Kawani-mura, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | 5-chome, Kawani-mura, Higashi-Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 1 Independent Mixed, 2 Battalion, 4 Company, 2 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-26 |
| Place of capture: | Tong Island, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Lumber mill worker |
| 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: | Yasu AOYAMA |
| Address of next of kin: | Kawagishi, Ozana, Ogawa-machi, Mura, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Tomejiro AOYAMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Died during AOYAMA's birth. He never knew her name. |
| Identification: | Appendix incision on right side |
| Movement report: | AOYAMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 May 1944. He was admitted to the 15 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria for three days in May. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to neck and right chest |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | AOYAMA had a son. |
| Related images: | AOYAMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |