Cemetery plot location: B-05-12
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | HJ 19206 |
| Surname: | HIGA |
| Other names: | Matsugen |
| Plate name: | HIGA, MATSUGEN | AKA (Also Known As): | Matsuougu FIGA |
| Name in kanji: | 比嘉 |
| Grave location: | B-05-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1889-05-26 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | New Hebrides Islands |
| Business address: | New Hebrides Islands |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | New Hebrides Islands |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-26 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Morinda |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Beshi HIGA |
| Address of next of kin: | Mie, New Hebrides |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Matsujo HIGA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Ushi HIGA (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'0", 112 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | HIGA was transferred from New Hebrides to Australia, and sent to Hay on 28 January 1942. He was admitted to the hospital on 29 January 1942, where he died. |
| Cause of death: | Colitis |
| Date of death: | 1942-02-14 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-02-15 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
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