Cemetery plot location: A-02-26
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147846 |
| Surname: | SHIGEMOTO |
| Other names: | Kazuhiko |
| Plate name: | SHIGEMOTO, KAZUHIKO | AKA (Also Known As): | Kouhiko SHIGEMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 繁元 運彦 |
| Grave location: | A-02-26 |
| Date of birth: | 1916-04-10 |
| Place of birth: | 284 Komatsu-machi, Oshima-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 284 Komatsu-machi, Oshima-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Army Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Cook's helper on Iwakuna Maru, 600 ton transport vessel; unit unknown |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-10 |
| Place of capture: | Lake Sentani, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-06-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Very small gun shot wound in the right upper arm |
| Trade or occupation: | Grocer |
| 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, Jodo Shin sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Hayako SHIGEMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | 284 Komatsu-machi, Oshima-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Toichi SHIGEMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Grocer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Rui FUJITA |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", no weight recorded, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a small gun shot wound on the right upper arm |
| Movement report: | SHIGEMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 29 July 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right arm |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | SHIGEMOTO’s boat was recorded as Iwakuna Maru. It was most likely Iwakuni Maru. |
| Related images: | SHIGEMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |