Cemetery plot location: C-05-14
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | QJ 16054 |
| Surname: | KASHIMA |
| Other names: | Toyokichi |
| Plate name: | KASHIMA, TOYOKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-05-14 |
| Date of birth: | 1878-01-13 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | 235 Margaret St. Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Business address: | 235 Margaret St. Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Toowoomba |
| Reason for internment: | Not recorded |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 40 years (15 years in Melbourne, 12.5 years in Sydney, and rest of the time in Queensland) |
| Date of entry: | 1901-11-18 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Melbourne |
| Ship: | Kasuga Maru |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Nationality: | Not recorded |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tomoe KASHIMA |
| Address of next of kin: | Kawanabe, Kagoshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Genichi KASHIMA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tane NAGANO (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'3", 7 stone 7lbs., dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, vaccination mark on right arm |
| Movement report: | KASHIMA was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was admitted to the hospital on 24 June 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 12 May 1943 as a result of reclassification of internees. He died at the 121 Australian General Hospital in Northfield. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-13 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-14 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | KASHIMA’s records did not indicate the reason for his internment, however it would have been because he was an enemy alien. |
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