Cemetery plot location: B-05-11
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| Classification: | Merchant Seaman |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJM 18036 |
| Surname: | TANIGUCHI |
| Other names: | Jimps |
| Plate name: | TANIGUCHI, JIMPS | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-05-11 |
| Date of birth: | 1893-02-26 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Not recorded |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-12 |
| Place of capture: | Broome |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | Not recorded |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Diver |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Korin TANIGUCHI |
| Address of next of kin: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Sister |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Black hair, brown eyes, vaccination scars on both arms |
| Movement report: | After his arrest, TANIGUCHI was temporarily held at Harvey, then sent to Loveday on 5 February 1942. He was sent to Wooloonook Wood Camp near Loveday on 17 July 1942. He was reclassified as a Prisoner of War, and was transferred to Hay on 14 May 1943. He was admitted to the hospital on 15 November 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma of bowel |
| Date of death: | 1944-01-18 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-01-18 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
| Extra information: | One of TANIGUCHI’s records in the National Archives of Australia is missing (NAA: MP1103/2). All other PWJM’s protested against reclassification from civilian to POW by refusing to sign documents. This man probably did the same. |
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