Cemetery plot location: B-10-11
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | HJ 19224 |
| Surname: | SHIMAMURA |
| Other names: | Denjiro |
| Plate name: | SHIMAMURA, DENJIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | Mura SIMA |
| Name in kanji: | 島村 傳次郎 |
| Grave location: | B-10-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1887-05-09 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Nouvelles Hebrides Is. |
| Business address: | Nouvelles Hebrides Is. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Nouvelles Hebrides |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-26 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Morinda |
| Personal effects: | ￡1-17-0, taken by the authorities at Liverpool |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tsumori SHIMAMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Izu-mura, Takorojima, Ohta-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Sister |
| Father’s name: | Kakujiro SHIMAMURA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Chiju SHIMAMOTO (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'2", 112 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from the New Hebrides to Australia, SHIMAMURA was sent to Hay on 28 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 10 May 1943 as part of prisoner reorganisation. SHIMAMURA was admitted to the Barmera Base Hospital on 12 December 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-12-16 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-12-17 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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