Cemetery plot location: A-03-06
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147162 |
| Surname: | IZUMI |
| Other names: | Masayuki |
| Plate name: | IZUMI, MASAYUKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 泉 正行 |
| Grave location: | A-03-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-03-31 |
| Place of birth: | Ako-cho, Sko-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Ako-cho, Sko-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 81 Regiment, 1 Battalion, Infantry Gun Company |
| Date of capture: | 1944-03-24 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kometto, New Britain |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-04-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from after effects of malaria, weak and dizzy |
| Trade or occupation: | Factory 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: | Nil |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Giji IZUMI |
| Address of next of kin: | Ako-cho, Sko-gun, Hyogo-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Eiji IZUMI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 13 kan (107.5 lbs) , sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | He was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He was hospitalised at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital for four days in May with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to the neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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