Cemetery plot location: C-06-15
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22203 |
| Surname: | KANAGUSUKU |
| Other names: | Taro |
| Plate name: | KANAGUSUKU, TARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-06-15 |
| Date of birth: | Unknown (1868)? |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-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: | Farmer |
| 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: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Tsuru KANAGUSUKU |
| Address of next of kin: | Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Taro KANAGUSUKU - deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Maka KANAGUSUKU |
| Identification: | 5'1", 8 stone 6 Ibs, yellow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, KANAGUSUKU was interned at Loveday on 28 February 1942. He was admitted to the 121 Australian General Hospital with Hodgkin's disease on 31 August 1944, and was diagnosed as suffering from Lymphatic sarcoma on 20 November 1944. He was repeatedly admitted to the 64 Australian Camp Hospital and the 121 Australian General Hospital throughout 1945 until his death in August 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Lymphatic sarcoma |
| Date of death: | 1945-08-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-08-03 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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