Cemetery plot location: C-09-08
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22106 |
| Surname: | WAKISAKA |
| Other names: | Morikichi |
| Plate name: | WAKISAKA, MORIKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | ワキサカ (Signed in katakana characters) |
| Grave location: | C-09-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1884-06-06 |
| Place of birth: | Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-01-22 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-22 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Yuku WAKISAKA |
| Address of next of kin: | Fukuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | Height not recorded, 101 lbs, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia to Australia, and temporarily held at Liverpool until 23 January 1942, WAKISAKA was transferred to Loveday on 25 January 1942. He was admitted to the Barmera Base Hospital on 21 September 1942. He was transferred to work at the Moorook West (Wood Camp) on 1 March 1943, but was readmitted to the Barmera Hospital on 12 March 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Fibrosis of the lungs |
| Date of death: | 1943-09-16 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-09-17 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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