Cemetery plot location: C-05-12
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | CJ 22064 |
| Surname: | SUWA |
| Other names: | Kohei |
| Plate name: | SUWA, KOHEI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-05-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1889-10-01 |
| 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: | 1942-01-22 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-22 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Store keeper |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Personal luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Heisavuro SUWA |
| Address of next of kin: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 4'11", 109 lbs, brown complexion, black grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, SUWA arrived at Loveday via Liverpool on 25 January 1942. On 23 December 1942, he was admitted to Camp Hospital with coronary thrombosis. |
| Cause of death: | Coronary thrombosis |
| Date of death: | 1942-12-23 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-12-23 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | SUWA signed his name using the alphabetic script as Kohe SUWAH. There is a discrepancy between his date of death, which is recorded as 22 December 1942 in his burial record at the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) and as 23 December 1942 at the National Archives of Australia (NAA: MP1103/1). |
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