Cemetery plot location: C-10-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22487 |
| Surname: | YASUZATO |
| Other names: | Matsufuku |
| Plate name: | YASUZATO, MATSUFUKU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 安里松(?)福 |
| Grave location: | C-10-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1878-02-10 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-03-11 |
| Place of capture: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-06-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-06-03 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower with 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Next of kin: | Matsuei YASUZATO |
| Address of next of kin: | Ibe, Yonagusiku-mura, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Son |
| Father’s name: | Nabe YASUZATO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Taru MATSUURA (deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'1", 8 stone, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | YASUZATO was transferred from New Caledonia to Australia. He was then sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 8 June 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 13 May 1943 when a camp reorganisation took place. He was admitted to the 121 Australian General Hospital for observation on 11 February 1944, and transferred from there to the 64 Camp Hospital on 30 March 1944 where he died. |
| Cause of death: | Stomach cancer |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-14 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-15 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | The third kanji character in his name is illegible. |
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