Cemetery plot location: C-02-15
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | CJF 18761 |
| Surname: | WATANABE |
| Other names: | Misao |
| Plate name: | WATANABE, MISAO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | C-02-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1938-01-18 |
| Place of birth: | New Caledonia |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-22 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1941-12-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Child |
| Next of kin: | Hikoju WATANABE |
| Address of next of kin: | Tatura, Victoria |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Hikoju WATANABE |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kikui WATANABE |
| Identification: | 2' 9.5". 1 stone 9 lbs, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | WATANABE Misao was a daughter of Hikoju Watanabe who was transferred from New Caledonia and interned at Tatura on 24 December 1941. She was admitted to the Mooroopna Hospital in Shepparton on 23 September 1942, and then transferred to the Waranga Hospital in Tatura on 10 March 1943. She was 5 years old. |
| Cause of death: | Burn |
| Date of death: | 1943-03-24 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-01-25 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
| Extra information: | WATANABE’s cause of death was confirmed by other internees who witnessed the accident in the C compound at the Tatura camp. |
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