Cemetery plot location: B-05-14
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| Classification: | Merchant Seaman |
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| Identification number: | PWJM 18916 |
| Surname: | NAKAGAWA |
| Other names: | Tatsuo |
| Plate name: | NAKAGAWA, TATSUO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 中川 |
| Grave location: | B-05-14 |
| Date of birth: | 1889-02-12 |
| Place of birth: | Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Sailor |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1941-12-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Approximately 65 francs taken by the authorities at Hay |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tatsuma NAKAGAWA |
| Address of next of kin: | Minamishima, Kamoto-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Tatsugoro NAKAGAWA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kaji OHBAYASHI (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'4", 112 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | NAKAGAWA was transferred from New Caledonia to Australia, and sent to Hay on 24 December 1941. He was reclassified from CJ to PWJM on 14 May 1943. He was admitted to the 14 Australian Camp Hospital on 28 March 1945, and was placed on the 'Dangerously Ill' list on 31 March 1945. He continued to be on the 'Seriously Ill' list until he died on 28 January 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Gastric haemorrhage |
| Date of death: | 1946-01-28 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-01-29 |
| 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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