Cemetery plot location: C-07-10
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16207 |
| Surname: | NISHI |
| Other names: | Yasubei |
| Plate name: | NISHI, YASUBEI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 西 安兵衛 |
| Grave location: | C-07-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1877-10-11 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Business address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Thursday Island |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Store keeper |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 42 years |
| Date of entry: | 1895-04-27 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | SS Gartreach |
| Personal effects: | House 300 pounds; |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Tame NISHI |
| Address of next of kin: | No.4 camp Tatura |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5'3", 130 pounds, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | NISHI was sent to Tatura via Liverpool on 2 January 1942. He was admitted to the Waranga Hospital on 15 November 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Heart failure |
| Date of death: | 1944-01-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-01-02 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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