Cemetery plot location: C-08-09
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | WJF 18066 |
| Surname: | ASAI |
| Other names: | Katsu |
| Plate name: | ASAI, KATSU | AKA (Also Known As): | Katie ASAI |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-08-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1876-08-24 |
| Place of birth: | Naganoma, Japan |
| Private address: | Broome, Western Australia |
| Business address: | Broome, Western Australia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-07 |
| Place of capture: | Broome |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-19 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Tailoress |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 29 years |
| Date of entry: | 1913 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Darwin |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Divorced |
| Next of kin: | Mura MIWAZAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Loveday Internment Camp |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Friend |
| Father’s name: | Tomojiro NORO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Black, greying hair, brown eyes, vaccination mark on left arm |
| Movement report: | ASAI was sent to Woodman's Point from Broome on 24 January 1942, and then transferred to Tatura on 19 February 1942. She died in Tatura B Camp Infirmary. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1945-03-04 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-03-05 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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