Cemetery plot location: A-02-19
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145498 |
| Surname: | SHIMADA |
| Other names: | Mitsuru |
| Plate name: | SHIMADA, MITSURU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 島田 満 |
| Grave location: | A-02-19 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-05-13 |
| Place of birth: | 44, Taini Nishi-machi, NIshiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Private address: | 44, Taini Nishi-machi, NIshiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Sato Butai, 61st Infantry Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-17 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| 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: | Kichigoro SHIMADA |
| Address of next of kin: | 44, Taini Nishi-machi, NIshiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-fu, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kichigoro (Tatsuro) SHIMADA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'1", weight 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIMADA was interned in Gaythorne in May 1943. He was hospitalised in June and again in August with malaria. He was transferred to Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) for about 10 days in September 1943 . He was then transferred to Cowra on 3 October 1943. He was hospitalised with an infected wound in January 1944 for three weeks. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to skull |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | SHIMADA gave two names for his father’s name: Kichigoro and Tatsuro. |
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