Cemetery plot location: B-06-02
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| Classification: | Merchant Seaman |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJM 16445 |
| Surname: | SHIBA |
| Other names: | Tadatomo |
| Plate name: | SHIBA, TADATOMO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 芝 忠友 |
| Grave location: | B-06-02 |
| Date of birth: | 1917-07-01 |
| 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: | Tender |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 6 years |
| Date of entry: | 1936-03-05 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | Kitano Maru |
| Personal effects: | 1 wristlet watch; 15 pounds taken by the authorities at Thursday Island; 12 pounds-7-0 wages; 10 pounds-10-0 retention money for passage; 22 pounds-17-0 due from Wyben Plg. Co.; one forty fourth share of Kasuga Boarding House; personal clothing |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Iwakichi SHIBA |
| Address of next of kin: | Shionomisaki-mura, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Iwakichi SHIBA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Konoye SHIOSAKI |
| Identification: | 5' 3", 9 stone 5 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SHIBA was sent to Hay on 2 January 1942. He was reclassified from QJ to POW on 14 May 1943. He was admitted to the 14 Australian Camp Hospital on 1 August 1945, and was placed on the 'Seriously Ill' list on 21 January 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary TB |
| Date of death: | 1946-01-26 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-01-26 |
| 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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