Cemetery plot location: B-10-04
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16081 |
| Surname: | MINAMI |
| Other names: | Masukichi |
| Plate name: | MINAMI, MASUKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-10-04 |
| Date of birth: | 1887-03-01 |
| Place of birth: | Shionomisaki, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | 49 Grafton St., Cairns, Queensland |
| Business address: | 49 Grafton St., Cairns, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Cairns |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 47 years (Thursday Island 13 years, Rockhampton 15 years, Townsville district 4 years, Cairns district 15 years, never revisited Japan) |
| Date of entry: | 1894-03-03 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | S.S. Katatan |
| Personal effects: | Cigarette lighter |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Torajiro MINAMI |
| Address of next of kin: | Shionomisaki, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Yakichi MINAMI (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kosa MINAMI (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 4'11", 8.5 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, scar on left thumb |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, MINAMI was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday as a result of reclassification of prisoners on 13 March 1943. MINAMI was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital on 2 September 1944. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-02 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-09-03 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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