Cemetery plot location: C-07-08
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | WJ 17855 |
| Surname: | ARAKI |
| Other names: | Otomatsu |
| Plate name: | ARAKI, OTOMATSU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-07-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1871-12-25 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-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: | Boarding house keeper |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 49 years |
| Date of entry: | 1893-02-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Broome |
| Ship: | Saladin |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Oyeka MORITA |
| Address of next of kin: | Internee (WJF18067) at Woodman's Point |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Living together as man and wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5'2", 10 stone, brown complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, scar on his forehead and left eye, vaccination marks on both arms |
| Movement report: | ARAKI was sent to Tatura via Harvey on 19 February 1942. He was admitted to the hospital on 17 August 1942, and discharged on 24 August 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Aortic sclerosis |
| Date of death: | 1942-08-27 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-08-28 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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