Cemetery plot location: A-02-15
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145514 |
| Surname: | HOSHINO |
| Other names: | Shinroku |
| Plate name: | HOSHINO, SHINROKU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 星野 新六 |
| Grave location: | A-02-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-03-05 |
| Place of birth: | 175 Kita Kuruwa-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 175 Kita Kuruwa-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Moto 2804, 115 Infantry Regiment, 2 Battalion, 5 Company, 4 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-10 |
| Place of capture: | Trobriand Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-05-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria |
| Trade or occupation: | Coal seller |
| 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: | Ken'ichi HOSHINO |
| Address of next of kin: | 175 Kita Kuruwa-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Ken'ichi HOSHINO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 140 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | HOSHINO was hospitalised at the 2/9 Australian General Hospital in Port Moresby with dysentery in April 1943. He was interned in Gaythorne on 24 May 1943, and transferred to Cowra on 3 July 1943. He was hospitalised in August and September 1943 for a few days each. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Strangulation by hanging, suicide |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | HOSHINO’s father’s name was most probably spelled Kenichi. |
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