Cemetery plot location: A-01-01
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 145378 |
| Surname: | FUJITA |
| Other names: | Ichiro |
| Plate name: | FUJITA, ICHIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | A-01-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-08-03 |
| Place of birth: | No. 10, Oye-machi, Ena-gun, Gifu-ken |
| Private address: | No. 10, Oye-machi, Ena-gun, Gifu-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Line of Communication Hospital |
| Date of capture: | 1943-01-25 |
| Place of capture: | Giruwa, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-02-15 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria soon after he was captured |
| Trade or occupation: | Medical doctor |
| 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: | Toshiko FUJITA |
| Address of next of kin: | No. 10, Oye-machi, Ena-gun, Gifu-ken |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Sister |
| Father’s name: | Kahei FUJITA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kashiko |
| Identification: | Height 5'4", 125 lb, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | FUJITA arrived at Gaythorne on 23 February 1943. He was hospitalised in March 1943 and May 1943 at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria. He was transferred to Cowra on 2 July 1943. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Self inflicted wounds |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-09 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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| Related images: | FUJITA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |