Cemetery plot location: B-05-03
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16442 |
| Surname: | SAKAMOTO |
| Other names: | Yoshinari |
| Plate name: | SAKAMOTO, YOSHINARI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 坂本嘉徑 |
| Grave location: | B-05-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1907-07-28 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Thursday Island |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-02 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Tender |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 2 years 10 months |
| Date of entry: | 1939-03-12 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | Kama Maru |
| Personal effects: | 8) 1 bed, 1 mattress, 1 desk at Ugui House, est. value 10 pounds |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Koo SAKAMOTO |
| Address of next of kin: | Muroe-mura, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Yoshimatsu SAKAMOTO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Haru KAMEI |
| Identification: | 5'6", 9.5 stone, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SAKAMOTO was sent to Hay on 2 January 1942. He was admitted into the hospital on 22 April 1943 but died on 4 May 1943 in the hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Pneumonia |
| Date of death: | 1943-05-04 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-05-04 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
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