Cemetery plot location: B-10-09
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16017 |
| Surname: | HAMANO |
| Other names: | Genjiro |
| Plate name: | HAMANO, GENJIRO | AKA (Also Known As): | George |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-10-09 |
| Date of birth: | 1868-05-15 |
| Place of birth: | Hagi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, Queensland |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-23 |
| Place of capture: | Dunwich |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Not recorded |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 46 years |
| Date of entry: | 1895 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | Taion |
| Personal effects: | Cash: 1 pound 17 shillings 1 cent with District Finance Office Brisbane |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Unknown |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Risaku HAMANO (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Oshin SAIJO |
| Identification: | 5'6", 7.5 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, HAMANO was sent to Gaythorne, and then was soon transferred to Hay on 3 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday due to the reorganisation of camps on 13 March 1943. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital on 3 January 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Enlarged liver |
| Date of death: | 1945-01-11 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-01-13 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | HAMANO was arrested in an asylum (institution for mental patient, aged etc). |
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