Cemetery plot location: A-02-07
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 100041 |
| Surname: | KURASHIMA |
| Other names: | Yoshio |
| Plate name: | KURASHIMA, YOSHIO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 久羅島 佳雄 |
| Grave location: | A-02-07 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-06-11 |
| Place of birth: | 3-chome, Oji, Oji-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | Tochigi-machi, Shimotsuka-gun, Tochigi-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Navy 2nd Class Petty Officer Yokochosui 390 (?) |
| Unit regimental number: | Destroyer "Yugomo" |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-07 |
| Place of capture: | Near Kolumbangara, Noumea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-12 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Student |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Cash with District Finance Office: $3.90 |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Haruichi KURASHIMA |
| Address of next of kin: | 3-chome, Oji, Oji-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Haruichi KURASHIMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yoshi GEN |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 143 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, one gold-crapped front tooth |
| Movement report: | KURASHIMA was transferred from Noumea and arrived in Gaythorne on 10 December 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 21 January 1944. He was hospitalised at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital with angina for six days in February 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to his right chest |
| 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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| Related images: | KURASHIMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |