Cemetery plot location: C-08-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | WJF 18083 |
| Surname: | OKUBO |
| Other names: | Take |
| Plate name: | OKUBO, TAKE | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-08-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1872-09-25 |
| Place of birth: | Nagasaki ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Broome, Western Australia |
| Business address: | Broome, Western Australia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| 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: | Dressmaker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 44 years |
| Date of entry: | 1898-01 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Fremantle |
| Ship: | Saladin |
| Personal effects: | Dress materials held by the Japanese club in Broome |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widow |
| Next of kin: | Yano SAKUMA (WJ18046) |
| Address of next of kin: | Tatura Internment Camp |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Husband |
| Father’s name: | Ojoyu OKUBO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Teteu(?) OKUBO |
| Identification: | 4'7", 5 stones 10 (?), sallow complexion, black greying hair, brown eyes, small scar by right eyebrow, operation scar on stomach |
| Movement report: | OKUBO was sent to Tatura via Woodmans Point on 19 February 1942. He was admitted to the Waranga Hospital on 14 October 1942, and discharged on 31 October 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1945-11-09 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-11-10 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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