Cemetery plot location: B-09-01
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 51395 |
| Surname: | UYECHI |
| Other names: | Yasuo |
| Plate name: | UYECHI, YASUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-09-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1919-09-04 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Singapore, F.M. |
| Business address: | Singapore, F.M. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-07 |
| Place of capture: | Tg. Penang |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-27 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Fisherman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-27 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Adelaide |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Makato UYECHI |
| Address of next of kin: | No.6607 Momobara, Yonagushiku-son, Nakagumi-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Mother |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Makato MAYEDA |
| Identification: | 5'3", 148 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, black eyes, scars on forehead |
| Movement report: | UYECHI was taken into custody in Penang, and was transported with other Japanese from N.E.I. to Australia. He was sent to Loveday on 30 January 1942. He was urgently admitted to the 121 Australian General Hospital on 6 June 1944. He was transferred between the Camp Hospital and the Australian General Hospital many times until his death in April, 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma of ribs |
| Date of death: | 1945-04-19 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-04-20 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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