Cemetery plot location: B-06-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 22407 |
| Surname: | HIGA |
| Other names: | Denzo |
| Plate name: | HIGA, DENZO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 比嘉 傳三 |
| Grave location: | B-06-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1881-11-29 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Touho, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Touho, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Touho, New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-06-07 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-06-03 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married with 4 sons and 4 daughters |
| Next of kin: | Lora HIGA |
| Address of next of kin: | Touho, New Caledonia |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Yahachi HIGA (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kamado HIGA (deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'2", 8.5 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, HIGA was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 5 June 1942. He was admitted to hospital on 12 May 1943. He died at the 14 Australian Camp Hospital on 17 June 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Pleurisy |
| Date of death: | 1943-06-17 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-06-18 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
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