Cemetery plot location: B-01-13
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 149884 |
| Surname: | SHIMAZAKI |
| Other names: | Teruo |
| Plate name: | SHIMAZAKI, TERUO | AKA (Also Known As): | Teruo SHIMIZAKI |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | B-01-13 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-02-10 |
| Place of birth: | Kazaoka-mura, Sekizen-mura, Kohe-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Kazaoka-mura, Sekizen-mura, Kohe-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, 36 Division, Ship Engineer, Yuki 6144 |
| Date of capture: | 1944-09-11 |
| Place of capture: | Barokoe Lake, Biak Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-10-14 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Fisherman |
| 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: | Moshichi SHIMAZAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Kazaoka-mura, Sekizen-mura, Kohe-gun, Ehime-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Moshichi SHIMAZAKI |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'2", 106 lbs, sallow complexion, dark hair, dark eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIMAZAKI arrived in Gaythorne on 14 October 1944. He was hospitalised at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital on 25 October 1944 with beriberi and died there on 27 October. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 30 October 1944. His ashes were interred in the Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Ventricular fibrillation due to bronco pneumonia and cerebral malaria |
| Date of death: | 1944-10-27 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery |
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