Cemetery plot location: C-07-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22155 |
| Surname: | SHIRAISHI |
| Other names: | Eijiro |
| Plate name: | SHIRAISHI, EISHIRA * | AKA (Also Known As): | Eshiro CHIRAKISHI |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-07-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1877-02-11 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-08 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farm worker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-26 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower |
| Next of kin: | Keizo SHIRAISHI |
| Address of next of kin: | 1824 Koreshiki, Kawaguchin-mura, Hota-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Kusiro SHIRAISHI (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Yukie (maiden name unknown; deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'2", 89 lbs, brown complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, SHIRAISHI was sent to Loveday on 28 February 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Australian Camp Hospital with swollen neck glands on 16 March 1945, and was transferred to the 121 Australian General Hospital in Northfield, Adelaide on 29 March 1945. He was repeatedly admitted to the 64 Australian Camp Hospital and the 121 Australian General Hospital for the rest of the year, and was placed on 'Dangerously Ill' list on 6 December 1945. He was discharged from the 64 Australian Camp Hospital and transferred to Tatura on 28 February 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma (cancer) of pharynx |
| Date of death: | 1946-03-26 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-03-27 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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