Cemetery plot location: A-02-17
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145365 |
| Surname: | MATSUDA |
| Other names: | Shigeaki |
| Plate name: | MATSUDA, SHIGEAKI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 松田 重秋 |
| Grave location: | A-02-17 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-08-01 |
| Place of birth: | 8 Daikoku-cho, Yamashita, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 8 Daikoku-cho, Yamashita, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Nankai Shitai, Ono Butai |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-31 |
| Place of capture: | Gona, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-23 |
| 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: | Yozuru MATSUDA |
| Address of next of kin: | 8 Daikoku-cho, Yamashita, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Yoichi MATSUDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yozuru (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'5", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | MATSUDA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 12 March 1943. He was admitted to the camp hospital in Cowra for one and a half months in March 1943, for two weeks in May 1943, and for three days in October 1943. He was hospitalised with malaria in May 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wounds to back and skull |
| 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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