Cemetery plot location: B-03-10
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| Classification: | POW |
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| Identification number: | PWJA (USA) 148854 |
| Surname: | INOUE |
| Other names: | Hatsumi |
| Plate name: | INOUYE, HATSUMI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Hatsumi INOUYE |
| Name in kanji: | No sigunature |
| Grave location: | B-03-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1914-04-15 |
| Place of birth: | Nanoka-machi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Nanoka-machi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken, Japan |
| Business address: | Not recorded |
| Military rank: | Civilian |
| Unit regimental number: | Navy, Mina Unit |
| Date of capture: | 1944-07-25 |
| Place of capture: | Korido, Biak Island |
| Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
| Camp interned: | Gaythorne |
| Date interned: | 1944-08-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Sick (no cause recorded) |
| Trade or occupation: | Carpenter |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
| Ship: | Not recorded |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Miyako INOUE |
| Address of next of kin: | Nanoka-machi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Not recorded |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Not recorded |
| Identification: | Height 5'3", 13 kan (107.5 lbs), sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | INOUE was hospitalised on 28 August 1944 when he arrived in Gaythorne. He died at the 67 Australian Camp Hospital from pulmonary tuberculosis on 25 September 1944. He was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium on 26 September 1944. His ashes were interred in Barmera War Cemetery in August 1946. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1944-09-25 |
| Cremation or burial: | Cremated |
| Date of burial: | 1946-08-06 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera War Cemetery, South Australia |
| Extra information: | INOUE died before he could sign his report documents. |
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