Cemetery plot location: A-02-09
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145058 |
| Surname: | YAMAGUCHI |
| Other names: | Masahiro |
| Plate name: | YAMAGUCHI, MASAHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 山口 政広 He also signed in alphabetic script. |
| Grave location: | A-02-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1912-02-18 |
| Place of birth: | Imaichi-machi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Imaichi-machi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Labor Corps (Unit unknown) |
| Date of capture: | 1942-11-30 (YAMAGUCHI's statement) & 1942-12-06 (Record in official document) - both from NAA: MP1103/1 |
| Place of capture: | Buna Gona area, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-01-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria and weak from hunger |
| Trade or occupation: | Printer |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Kimiya YAMAGUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Imaichi-machi, Shimane-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMAGUCHI was interned in Gaythorne on 7 January 1943. He was hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria in February 1943 for one week. He was transferred to Cowra on 13 March 1943. He was admitted to the 15 Australian Camp Hospital for one week each in March and April (no causes were recorded). He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right shoulder |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | YAMAGUCHI signed his statement in alphabetic script. It was unusual for a member of the Labor Corps to be able to write alphabetically. |
| Related images: | YAMAGUCHI’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |