Cemetery plot location: A-02-32
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145243 |
| Surname: | MIYOSHI |
| Other names: | Shigeharu |
| Plate name: | MIYOSHI, SHIGEHARU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 三好 茂晴 |
| Grave location: | A-02-32 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-11-29 |
| Place of birth: | Kita Inoue-mura, Hoyonogo-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kita Inoue-mura, Hoyonogo-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Hozumi Butai Battalion Headquarters |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-21 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Burnt left foot, beri-beri, malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Tarao MIYOSHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Kita Inoue-mura, Hoyonogo-gun, Tokushima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Tarao MIYOSHI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Fukue (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", 130 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MIYOSHI was hospitalised with malaria and dysentery in New Guinea in January and February 1943. He was interned in Gaythorne, and hospitalised with malaria in March, April and May. He was transferred to Cowra on 10 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to back |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | MIYOSHI was hospitalised frequently in Gaythorne with malaria and dysentery. |
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