Cemetery plot location: B-07-06
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | NZJ 19478 |
| Surname: | YAMASHITA |
| Other names: | Kinzo |
| Plate name: | YAMASHITA, KINZO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-07-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1897-05-03 |
| 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: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Nukualofa, Tonga |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Tatura |
| Date interned: | 1943-11-09 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Store keeper |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1943-11-08 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney |
| Ship: | Wahine |
| Personal effects: | Not recorded |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Widower with 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Next of kin: | Not recorded |
| Address of next of kin: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Son |
| Father’s name: | Torakichi YAMASHITA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Natsu HOSHIKAWA |
| Identification: | 5', 8 stone 9 lbs, light brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes, scar on his forehead |
| Movement report: | YAMASHITA was transferred from New Zealand to Australia, and sent to Tatura on 9 November 1943. He was admitted to the Waranga Hospital on 2 January 1944, where he died. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1944-01-20 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-01-21 |
| Place of first burial: | Tatura |
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