Cemetery plot location: B-03-15
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | WJ 17899 |
| Surname: | IZUMI |
| Other names: | Tsunetaro |
| Plate name: | IZUMI, TSUNETARO | AKA (Also Known As): | Taunetaro IZUMI |
| Name in kanji: | No signature |
| Grave location: | B-03-15 |
| Date of birth: | 1886-11-18 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Broome, Western Australia |
| Business address: | Streeter & Male, Broome, Western Australia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Broome |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Sail maker |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 32 years |
| Date of entry: | 1910 (? )- 11-03 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Broome |
| Ship: | Minderoo |
| Personal effects: | 1 pound 10 handed to the civil police in Broome |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married with 1 daughter |
| Next of kin: | Iwno (?) IZUMI |
| Address of next of kin: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Wife |
| Father’s name: | Deceased |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Deceased |
| Identification: | 5'3", 8 stone 7 lbs, brown complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, vaccination marks on both arms |
| Movement report: | After his arrest in Broome, IZUMI was transferred to Loveday via Harvey on 5 February 1942. He was admitted to the Camp Hospital where he died from cardiac failure. |
| Cause of death: | Cardiac failure |
| Date of death: | 1943-06-26 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-06-30 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | There is a discrepancy in IZUMI’s date of death between the file in the National Archives of Australia (NAA: MP1103/1) (1943-06-26) and the Office of Australian War Grave’s burial list (1943-06-28). According to the local Loveday burial list, and also the RIKAI: A Guide to the Japanese War Cemetery, it was 1943-06-28. |
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