Cemetery plot location: C-02-07
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 50940 |
| Surname: | GOTO |
| Other names: | Matsutada |
| Plate name: | GOTO, MATSUTADA | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-02-07 |
| Date of birth: | 1891-11-15 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Indragiri, Sumatra, N.E.I. |
| Business address: | Indragiri, Sumatra, N.E.I. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Indragiri, Sumatra |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-01 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Owner of rubber estate |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-01 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Melbourne |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Sato GOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | No.4 Internment camp - Tatura, Victoria |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Bunshiro GOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | SEKOTONE |
| Identification: | 4'11 1/4", 108 lbs, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar on the back of head |
| Movement report: | GOTO was transferred from D.E.I. to Australia and sent to Tatura. He was admitted to the 28 Camp Hospital on 25 September 1944 for gastric ulcer and was discharged on 9 October. He was re-admitted on 24 June 1945 for investigation and returned to the compound on 10 July 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Cancer |
| Date of death: | 1946-02-11 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-02-12 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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