Cemetery plot location: C-07-01
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16166 |
| Surname: | SHIRAKI |
| Other names: | Tamegi |
| Plate name: | SHIRAKI, TAMEGI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-07-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1877-10 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 31 Spence St., Cairns, Queensland |
| Business address: | 31 Spence St., Cairns, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-13 |
| Place of capture: | Cairns |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 43 years (spent whole of period in Cairns, visited Japan in 1914 for 5 months) |
| Date of entry: | 1898-6 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Cairns |
| Ship: | Omi Maru |
| Personal effects: | Cash Approx. 14 pounds with District Finance Office Brisbane |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Oko SHIRAKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Tatura Internment Camp |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Tahio SHIRAKI (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Juki KINOSHITA (Deseased) |
| Identification: | 5'3", 9.5 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIRAKI was sent to Tatura via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was admitted to the Waranga Hospital on 8 September 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Cardiorenal degeneres |
| Date of death: | 1942-09-12 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-09-14 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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