Cemetery plot location: A-02-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA 145586 |
| Surname: | YAMASHITA |
| Other names: | Komi |
| Plate name: | YAMASHITA, SATSUMI * | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 山下 幸美 |
| Grave location: | A-02-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-04-08 |
| Place of birth: | 257 Niizuka-machi, Takasaki-shi, Japan |
| Private address: | 257 Niizuka-machi, Takasaki-shi, Japan |
| Business address: | Kitazawa-machi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-shi, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 115 Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, 12 Platoon (Moto 2804) |
| Date of capture: | 1943-09-17 |
| Place of capture: | Busama, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-12-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Wounds on left temple and left eyebrow |
| Trade or occupation: | Maker of surveying instruments |
| 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: | Kojiro YAMASHITA |
| Address of next of kin: | 257 Niizuka-machi, Takasaki-shi, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kojiro YAMASHITA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Sawa FUKUDA |
| Identification: | Height 5'8", weight 132 lbs, complexion sallow, black hair, brown eyes; wounds to left temple and left eyebrow |
| Movement report: | YAMASHITA spent about two months in a hospital in Port Moresby, probably suffering from malaria before being transferred to Gaythorne on 7 December 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 23 February 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound and self-inflicted wound; not definitely established |
| 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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