Cemetery plot location: C-06-06
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 50131 |
| Surname: | HIRAHARA |
| Other names: | Tomita |
| Plate name: | HIRAHARA, TOMITA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-06-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1907-01-25 |
| Place of birth: | Oita-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Koedes |
| Business address: | Koedes |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-01-27 |
| Place of capture: | Koedes |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Merchant |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-27 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Adelaide |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married with 1 son |
| Next of kin: | Akiko HIRAHARA |
| Address of next of kin: | Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Teru (Maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | 5'4", 98 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes, mole left cheek, scar on right temple |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from Dutch East Indies (D.E.I.), HIRAHARA was sent to Loveday on 30 January 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital with TB on 15 September 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1943-09-29 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-09-30 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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