Cemetery plot location: B-09-08
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 50194 |
| Surname: | TAN |
| Other names: | Thiam Tjo |
| Plate name: | TAN, THIAM TJO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-09-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1887-07-16 |
| Place of birth: | Taipeh, Formosa |
| Private address: | Solo, Java, N.E.I. |
| Business address: | Solo, Java, N.E.I. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-01-27 |
| Place of capture: | Solo, Java |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-30 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Merchant |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-27 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Adelaide |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Confucian |
| Nationality: | Formosan |
| Marital status: | Widower with 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Next of kin: | Ong Sin Hwa |
| Address of next of kin: | Pasaigi, Solo, Java |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Sister |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5'5", 140 lbs, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | TAN was transferred from N.E.I. to Australia, and sent to Loveday on 30 January 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Australian General Hospital on 6 February 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Bronchial pneumonia |
| Date of death: | 1946-02-08 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-02-09 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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