Cemetery plot location: B-09-10
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 18776 |
| Surname: | ETO |
| Other names: | Hiromu |
| Plate name: | ETO, HIROMU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-09-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1895-05-01 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Noumea |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1941-12-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Thirty (or 25) francs (taken by the authorities at Hay) |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Jimpei ETO |
| Address of next of kin: | Jinnai-son, Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Not recorded |
| Movement report: | After being transferred from New Caledonia, ETO was sent to Hay on 24 December 1941. He was transferred to Loveday on 13 May 1943, and moved to the Moorook Wood Camp on 19 August 1943 and again to the Woolenook Wood Camp on 3 February 1944. He was eventually returned to Loveday. On 26 June 1945 he was admitted to the 64 Australian Camp Hospital, and then transferred to the 34 Australian Camp Hospital on 16 December 1945 with peritonitis. He was placed on the 'Dangerously Ill' list. |
| Cause of death: | Peritonitis |
| Date of death: | 1945-12-20 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-12-21 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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