Cemetery plot location: A-01-20
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147595 |
| Surname: | YAMAMOTO |
| Other names: | Shuichi |
| Plate name: | YAMAMOTO, SHOICHI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Shui hi YAMAMOTO; Shiuichi YAMAMOTO |
| Name in kanji: | 山本 周一 |
| Grave location: | A-01-20 |
| Date of birth: | 1902-08-30 |
| Place of birth: | 17 Nakashima-mura, Innami-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 17 Nakashima-mura, Innami-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Sea Transport Unit, Akatsuki 2940 |
| Date of capture: | 1944-05-07 |
| Place of capture: | Sentani, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-07-11 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Cook |
| 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: | Sadae SHIBATA |
| Address of next of kin: | 17 Nakashima-mura, Innami-gun, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | De facto wife |
| Father’s name: | Masakichi YAMAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Farmer |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Iwa NAMAMURA |
| Identification: | Weight 13-kan (107.5 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, a small wart next to left eye |
| Movement report: | YAMAMOTO was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 22 July 1944 and was admitted to the 15 Camp Hospital on that day for observation. He died on 21 September 1944 from edema from chronic nephritis. |
| Cause of death: | Edema, chronic nephritis |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-21 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-23 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | YAMAMOTO’s coroner’s report is held at the National Archives of Australia (NAA Sydney: SP196/2, 445/1/6355), but was not open at the time of the compilation of this database (2018). |
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