Cemetery plot location: C-02-05
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16109 |
| Surname: | NAKANO |
| Other names: | Minoru |
| Plate name: | NAKANO, MINORU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-02-05 |
| Date of birth: | 1884-04-14 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | Edith Street, Innisfail, Queensland |
| Business address: | Edith Street, Innisfail, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Edith Street, Innisfail, Queensland |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Cook |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 39 years |
| Date of entry: | 1902-05-20 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Mackay, Queensland |
| Ship: | Yahata Maru |
| Personal effects: | 84 pounds (taken by the authorities at Brisbane) |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Sadakichi NAKANO |
| Address of next of kin: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Sadakichi NAKANO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kuni KOSAKA |
| Identification: | 5' 8", 13 stone, dark complexion, black hair turning grey, brown eyes, 2 vaccination marks on left upper arm, 1 vaccination mark on right upper arm, 2 vaccination marks inside right forearm, mole on right eyelid, 2 scars on left temple, several large burn scars on right shin |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, NAKANO was transferred to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 12 May 1943 due to reorganisation of prisoners. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital 5 January 5 1945, and discharged on 10 January 1945. He continued to be in and out of hospital for a number of times during early months of 1946, and was transferred to the 28 Australian Camp Hospital at Tatura on 30 March 1946. NAKANO was moved to Camp 3 at Tatura on 26 September 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1946-12-20 |
| Cremation or burial: | |
| Date of burial: | 1946-12-21 |
| Place of first burial: | Not recorded |
| Extra information: | NAKANO’s original place of burial was not recorded. (NAA: MP1103/1 ) |
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