Cemetery plot location: B-06-15
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| Classification: | Merchant Seaman |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJM 16491 |
| Surname: | UEYAMA |
| Other names: | Sensuke |
| Plate name: | UEYAMA, SENSUKE | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 上山 仙助 |
| Grave location: | B-06-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1902-01-15 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Business address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Thursday Island |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Diver |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 11 years |
| Date of entry: | 1931-02 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Sennosuke UEYAMA |
| Address of next of kin: | Uemajau Susami-cho, Nishimuro gun, Wakayama |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Sennosuke UEYAMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kiku NAGANO |
| Identification: | 5'3", 133 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, tattoo on his right arm |
| Movement report: | UYEYAMA was sent to Hay on 2 January 1942. He was reclassified from QJ to a POW on 14 May 1943. He was admitted to the 14 Australian Camp Hospital with cerebral haemorrhage on 5 January 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Cerebral haemorrhage |
| Date of death: | 1946-01-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-01-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
| Extra information: | PWJMs expressed their protest against the reclassification from civilian to POW treatment. They refused to sign documents. |
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