Cemetery plot location: B-06-07
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16155 |
| Surname: | SATO |
| Other names: | Tokuso |
| Plate name: | SATO, TOKUSO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-06-07 |
| Date of birth: | 1872-02-26 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Mill Estate Mourilyan |
| Business address: | Mourilyan |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Mourilyan, Queensland |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Labourer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 47 years (never revisited Japan, lived at Mourilyan the entire time) |
| Date of entry: | 1894-05-12 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Mourilyan Harbour |
| Ship: | Sagami |
| Personal effects: | Cash: 132 pounds with District Finance Officer, Brisbane |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Eiji HONDA |
| Address of next of kin: | Kamio-mura, Tamana-gun, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Nephew |
| Father’s name: | Heihachi TOKUNO (Deseased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Miyo OKUBO (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'4", slim weight, black hair, brown eyes, scar above left eye |
| Movement report: | SATO was transferred to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was admitted to the hospital on 5 May 1942, and returned to camp on 18 May 1942. He died at a later date in a hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Coronary occlusion |
| Date of death: | 1943-02-04 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-02-04 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
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