Cemetery plot location: C-03-09
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 51891 |
| Surname: | TANAKA |
| Other names: | Umataro |
| Plate name: | TANAKA, UMATARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-03-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1868-03-26 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | Sumatra, N.E.I. |
| Business address: | Sumatra, N.E.I. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Sumatra |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-09 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-09 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Adelaide |
| Ship: | Heemskerk |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | 5', 9 stone, fair complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, one eye is missing |
| Movement report: | TANAKA was transferred from the D.E.I., and was sent to Loveday on 11 February 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital on 11 January 1945, and again on 22 May 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Senility |
| Date of death: | 1945-06-06 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-06-07 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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