Cemetery plot location: B-03-05
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | HJ 19221 |
| Surname: | NISHIMURA |
| Other names: | Arakichi |
| Plate name: | NISHIMURA, ARAKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Alakiti NISHIMORA |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-03-05 |
| Date of birth: | 1879-06-06 |
| Place of birth: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Nouvelles Hebrides Island |
| Business address: | Nouvelles Hebrides Island |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Nouvelles New Hebrides |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-23 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Lay Brother, Catholic Mission |
| 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: | Roman Catholic |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tsunetaro NISIMURA |
| Address of next of kin: | Hiroshima-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Yasuke NISHIMURA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Okinu NISHIMURA (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5'0", 98 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | NISHIMURA was transferred from New Hebrides to Australia and interned in Hay. He died at the Hay Hospital, NSW on 9 February 1942. |
| Cause of death: | Not recorded |
| Date of death: | 1942-02-09 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1942-02-10 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
| Extra information: | According to the Treasure Condominium Government report, Alakiti NISHIMORA was a Lay Brother at a Catholic mission. |
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