Cemetery plot location: B-06-01
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | QJ 16075 |
| Surname: | MASUDA |
| Other names: | Otota |
| Plate name: | MASUDA, OTOTA | AKA (Also Known As): | Oto MASUDA |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-06-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1879-06-09 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | Mary Street, Gympie, Queensland |
| Business address: | Mary Street, Gympie, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-03 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundryman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 53 years (visited Japan in Oct 1935 and returned in July 1936, remainder of time mostly spent in Sydney, NSW) |
| Date of entry: | 1888-11 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Cash: 2 pounds with District Finance Office Brisbane Property and Assets owned: 2 stretchers, blankets, 1 quilt, 1 clock mirror kept at Mary St, Gympie Laundry plant including collar machine, washing tubs, copper boiler (estimated value at 12 pounds 10 shillings) at Mary St., Gympie |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Father’s name: | Seishichi MASUDA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tae (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | 5'5.5", 8 stones 12 lbs, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, tattoo of an anchor on his right upper arm |
| Movement report: | MASUDA was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942. He was admitted to the Camp Hospital at Hay on 30 June 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Congestive cardiac failure |
| Date of death: | 1942-07-05 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-07-05 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
| Extra information: | MASUDA signed his name as Oto, a shortened form of Otota. |
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