Cemetery plot location: A-02-02
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145441 |
| Surname: | YAMADA |
| Other names: | Noboru |
| Plate name: | YAMADA, NOBURO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Noburo YAMADA |
| Name in kanji: | 山田 登 |
| Grave location: | A-02-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-06-10 |
| Place of birth: | 4-chome, Omama-machi, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 4-chome, Omama-machi, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Signals Unit, 62 Regiment, 115 Endo Unit, Moto 2804 |
| Date of capture: | 1943-03-08 |
| Place of capture: | Near Tufi, New Gunea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-03-31 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Office employee |
| 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: | Ichitaro YAMADA |
| Address of next of kin: | 4-chome, Omama-machi, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Ichitaro YAMADA |
| Father’s occupation: | Policeman |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yuri (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 135 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | YAMADA was interned in Gaythorne on 31 March 1943 and transferred to Cowra on 3 July 1943. He was hospitalised for four days in December 1943 with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Burnt in hut |
| 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: | YAMADA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |