Cemetery plot location: C-08-05
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 51742 |
| Surname: | NABESHIMA |
| Other names: | Tankichi |
| Plate name: | NABESHIMA, TANKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-08-05 |
| Date of birth: | 1886-07-20 |
| Place of birth: | Mitarashi-mura, Ishikawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Sangir, Celebes |
| Business address: | Sangir, Celebes, N.E.I. (Netherlands / Dutch East Indies) |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Sangir |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Merchant |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-01 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Melbourne |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower with 3 sons and 2 daughters |
| Next of kin: | Masaji NABESHIMA |
| Address of next of kin: | No.4 Internment Camp |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Son |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5' 1.5", 119 lbs, dark brown complexion, black hair, dark brown eyes, mole on forehead. |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from the Dutch East Indies, NABESHIMA was sent to Tatura on 2 February 1942. He was admitted to the Warranga Hospital on 19 March 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-03-22 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-03-23 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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