Cemetery plot location: C-09-06
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22128 |
| Surname: | YAMASHITA |
| Other names: | Vezo |
| Plate name: | YAMASHITA, VEZO | AKA (Also Known As): | Vezo YAMASTA |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-09-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1888-09-09 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-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: | Personal Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Oniki YAMASHITA |
| Address of next of kin: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5'6", 123 lbs, brown complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, scars on back, buttocks and right side of abdomen |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia to Sydney, and held at Liverpool, YAMASHITA was transferred to Loveday on 25 January 1942. He was admitted to the Barmera Base Hospital for carcinoma of the stomach on 19 May 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma of stomach |
| Date of death: | 1943-05-27 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-05-28 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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