Cemetery plot location: A-06-20
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147182 |
Surname: | TSUSHIMA |
Other names: | Mitsuo |
Plate name: | TSUSHIMA, MITSUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
Name in kanji: | 津島 光男 |
Grave location: | A-06-20 |
Date of birth: | 1920-04-20 |
Place of birth: | Hirashita-machi, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan |
Private address: | Hirashita-machi, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | 1st Class Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 23 Field Artillery Regiment 3 Battalion 8 Company 1 Platoon |
Date of capture: | 1944-03-25 |
Place of capture: | Near Kometto, opposite Bot. Island |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1944-04-07 |
Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
Trade or occupation: | Cotton factory worker |
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: | Mitsuhi AKAGI |
Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
Relationship to next of kin: | Cousin |
Father’s name: | Tsuchisaburo TSUSHIMA (deceased) |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Fuyu SUGI (deceased) |
Identification: | Height 5'3", weight 16 kan (132 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
Movement report: | TSUSHIMA was transferred from Gaythorne to Cowra on 1 May 1944. He received gun shot wounds to his right thigh, face, femur and left calf during the breakout. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to right thigh |
Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | 1944-08-08 |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
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Related images: | TSUSHIMA’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |