Cemetery plot location: C-05-11
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22450 |
| Surname: | KOSHA |
| Other names: | Kana |
| Plate name: | KOSHA, KANA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 古謝 加那 |
| Grave location: | C-05-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1884-03-16 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-03-11 |
| Place of capture: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-06-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-06-03 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Mutashi KOSHA |
| Address of next of kin: | Yonagusiku-mura, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Kama KOSHA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Unknown |
| Identification: | 5'2", 8.5 stone, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, KOSHA arrived at Hay via Gaythorne on 8 June 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 11 May 1943 as part of a camp reorganisation. He was admitted to the 64 Australian Camp Hospital, and transferred to the 34 Australian Camp Hospital, but was discharged. He was in and out of hospital a few times during June to July 1945 until his death at the Parkside Mental Hospital on 22 July 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Syphilitic paresis |
| Date of death: | 1945-07-22 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-07-25 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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