Cemetery plot location: A-06-40
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| Classification: | POW |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJA 145626 |
| Surname: | SUDO |
| Other names: | Isao |
| Plate name: | SUDO, ISAO | AKA (Also Known As): | Seiichi FUJII |
| Name in kanji: | 須藤 勲 |
| Grave location: | A-06-40 |
| Date of birth: | 1920-04-07 |
| Place of birth: | Fukuoka-mura, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Fukuoka-mura, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Corporal |
| Unit regimental number: | Army, Kawa 3565, 238 Regiment 1 Battalion Machine Gun Company 1 Platoon |
| Date of capture: | 1943-10-15 |
| Place of capture: | Uom (Arnot) Cape |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Gun shot wound beneath the right armpit |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| 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: | Kesao FUJII (alias Tazuki) |
| Address of next of kin: | Fukuoka-mura, Yamada-gun, Gunma-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Kesao FUJII |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 125 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, gun shot wound on right side beneath the armpit |
| Movement report: | SUDO was hospitalised twice with malaria when he was at Gaythorne. He was transferred to Cowra on 21 January 1944. In Cowra he was hospitalised again with malaria in April 1944. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to neck |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | SUDO was also know as Seiichi FUJII. It was not clear whether he wanted to give a false name or if his family background was complicated. He signed in kanji characters as Isao SUDO. |
| Related images: | SUDO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |