Cemetery plot location: B-10-05
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16147 |
| Surname: | OUCHI |
| Other names: | Matsu |
| Plate name: | OUCHI, MATSU | AKA (Also Known As): | Jack |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-10-05 |
| Date of birth: | 1876-10-26 |
| Place of birth: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Dunwich, Queensland |
| Business address: | Dunwich, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-13 |
| Place of capture: | Dunwich |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 40 years (Spent 15 years in Melbourne, 25 years in Brisbane, never revisited Japan since arrival) |
| Date of entry: | 1901-11 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Melbourne |
| Ship: | Kasuga Maru |
| Personal effects: | Cash: nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Not recorded |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Masustike OUCHI (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Hina (Maiden name unknown) (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'5", 9 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, OUCHI was sent to Gaythorne, and soon transferred to Hay on 3 January 1942. He committed three offences on 16 April, 2 May, and 7 June 1942, and received a 14-day, 28-day and another 28-day detention, respectively. On 25 July 1942 he was sent to the 113 Australian General Hospital, and then was transferred to the Gladesville Mental Home on 29 July 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1943-12-12 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1943-12-14 |
| Place of first burial: | Not recorded |
| Extra information: | OUCHI was cremated at Rookwood. |
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