Cemetery plot location: C-03-05
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | QJ 16133 |
| Surname: | OKANO |
| Other names: | Tomitaro |
| Plate name: | OKANA, TOMITARO * | AKA (Also Known As): | Tomitiro or Tomataro OKANA |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-03-05 |
| Date of birth: | 1877-10-19 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | 390 Brunswick St., Valley Brisbane, Queensland |
| Business address: | 390 Brunswick St., Valley Brisbane, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Brisbane |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 44 years (33 years in Brisbane and rest of time in Northern Queensland. Visited Japan in 1921, and stayed for 7 months.) |
| Date of entry: | 1897-04 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Townsville |
| Ship: | Tokyo Maru |
| Personal effects: | Cash: 2 pounds 19 shillings 6 pennies with District Finance Office Brisbane |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Hana OKANO |
| Address of next of kin: | Komatsu cho, Oshima-gun, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Matsugoro OKANO (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Naka NAKAHARA (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 4'10", 7 stones 6 oz, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, mole on left side of face |
| Movement report: | Not recorded |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1944-04-18 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-04-20 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | His correct surname is probably “OKANO”. OKANO is used for both of his wife and father’s surnames. In Rikai: A Guide To the Japanese War Cemetery, he is listed as Okana Tomataro. |
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