Cemetery plot location: B-09-02
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16078 |
| Surname: | MASTUMOTO |
| Other names: | Kumazo |
| Plate name: | MATSUMOTO, KUMAZO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-09-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1867-08-20 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Shoal Point via Mackay, Queensland |
| Business address: | Shoal Point via Mackay, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-09 |
| Place of capture: | Shoal Point |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Gardener |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 45 years (never revisited Japan since arrival, 45 years in Mackay) |
| Date of entry: | 1896-07-05 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Mackay |
| Ship: | Sendai Maru |
| Personal effects: | Cash: 2 pounds 7 shilling 1 d with District Finance Officer Brisbane |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Hide MATSUMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Namiishi, Takasho, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Daughter in law |
| Father’s name: | Keihichi MATSUMOTO (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Chiye SAKAUE |
| Identification: | 5'1", 8 stone, dark complexion, grey going bald, brown eyes, scar on left forearm and back of left hand near first finger, scar on right wrist , scar on left cheek, mole near right eye, 4 moles near left eye |
| Movement report: | MATSUMOTO was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was admitted to hospital in Hay, but was discharged on 28 January 1942. He was transferred to Loveday because of reorganisation of the camps on 13 March 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Hernia |
| Date of death: | 1944-06-29 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-06-30 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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