Date of birth:

August 23rd, 1892 (Fukuoka prefecture, Japan)

Date of death:

May 20th, 1963

Nationality:

Japanese

Rear Admiral Jisaku Uozumi, former submarine commander, was the flag officer of the Japanese naval base of Penang when he signed the surrender of the 26.000 strong Japanse garrison. He fainted and was rushed to hospital; the military policemen who carried him there took his sword as a souvenir.

Promotions:
1 December 1920: Lieutenant
1 December 1927: Lieutenant Commander
15 November 1933: Commander
15 November 1938: Captain
1 November 1943: Rear Admiral

Units:
1914: Navy academy
1914-1915: Aso
1918: O-4
1918: Submarine Division 13
1918- 1919: Kanto
1919: Submarine Division 12
1921-1922: RO-53
1922-1923: RO-19
1923-1924: RO-51
1924: RO-62
1924-1928: RO-16
1928-1929: RO-65
1930-1931: I-162
1931-1933: Instructor submarine school
1933-1934: I-3
1937-1938: Submarine Division 21
1938-1939: Submarine Division 8
1942: Commander Cruiser Haguro
?: Senior officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy staff
August 1944 - 2 September 1945: Commander of the Penang naval base.

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