Cemetery plot location: B-07-11
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16154 |
| Surname: | SATO |
| Other names: | Hidekichi |
| Plate name: | SATO, HIDEKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Hidikichi SATO |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-07-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1877-10-20 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | Hambledon Mill, Via Edmonton, Queensland |
| Business address: | Edmonton, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Edmonton |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-06 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 42 years & 10 months (Darwin 1 year, Thursday Island 3 years, remainder of time in North Queensland, never revisited Japan) |
| Date of entry: | 1899-03-14 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Port Darwin |
| Ship: | Chan S.S. |
| Personal effects: | 1 suitcase, 1 small case, 1 bundle |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Wada SATO (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Unknown (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 4'11.5", 4 stone 12 lbs, dark complexion, dark hair going bald, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SATO was taken to Gaythorne on 16 December 1941, and sent to the Brisbane General Hospital with chest trouble, and died there. He was first buried in the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane. |
| Cause of death: | Chest trouble |
| Date of death: | 1942-02-01 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-02-01 |
| Place of first burial: | Toowong |
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