Cemetery plot location: C-03-04
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16100 |
| Surname: | MURATA |
| Other names: | Iwataro |
| Plate name: | MURATA, IWATARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-03-04 |
| Date of birth: | 1894-08 |
| Place of birth: | Nagasaki ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Cowly, via Mourilyan |
| Business address: | Cowly, via Mourilyan |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Innisfail, Queensland |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | Loveday |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Mill worker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 45 years (Thursday Island 21 years; Cairns 19 years; Mourilyan 5 years; never revisited Japan since arrival) |
| Date of entry: | 1896-07 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | S.S. Ting-Tu |
| Personal effects: | Cash: approx. 5 pounds 2 shillings with the Innisfail Police Station; |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Tomokichi MURATA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hana TOTO (Deceased) |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, MURATA was taken to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday due to a camp reorganisation because of a prisoner reclassification on 12 May 1943. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital on 18 March 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Pleurisy |
| Date of death: | 1944-04-09 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-04-11 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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