Cemetery plot location: A-02-10
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 147005 |
| Surname: | KAGEMOTO |
| Other names: | Isamu |
| Plate name: | KAGEMOTO, ISAMU | AKA (Also Known As): | Kenichi NOGUCHI |
| Name in kanji: | 影本 勇 |
| Grave location: | A-02-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-02-07 |
| Place of birth: | Toyoshige, Owaza, Kodoku-mura, Saihaku-gun, Tottori-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Toyoshige, Owaza, Kodoku-mura, Saihaku-gun, Tottori-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Toyoshige, Owaza, Kodoku-mura, Saihaku-gun, Tottori-ken, Japan |
| Military rank: | Superior Private |
| Unit regimental number: | 153 Infantry Regiment |
| Date of capture: | 1943-12-30 |
| Place of capture: | New Britain, New Guinea |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Cowra |
| Date interned: | 1944-01-17 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from malaria, small gun shot wounds on right foot and right buttock |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| 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, Tendai sect |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Fumiko KAGEMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | 2-chome, Yao-cho, Osaka, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Kanetaro KAGEMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Matsu (Family name unkown) |
| Identification: | Height 5'7", 120 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | KAGEMOTO was interned in Gaythorne, and hospitalised at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital in January 1944 for one week with malaria. He was transferred to Cowra on 19 January 1944. He was hospitalised in February to March for one month at the 15 Australian Camp Hospital, and again in July 1944 for one week, both times with malaria. He died in the breakout. |
| Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to left arm |
| Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Cowra |
| Extra information: | KAGEMOTO had two children. His wife’s maiden name was Fumiko DAIMOTO. He was also known as Kenichi NOGUCHI. It is unclear which one was his real name. He signed as Isamu KAGEMOTO and his grave plaque records his name as Isamu KAGEMOTO. |
| Related images: | KAGEMOTO’s Allied Translator & Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report summary (pdf): |