Cemetery plot location: B-03-03
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| Classification: | Merchant Seaman |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | PWJM 16564 |
| Surname: | YONEKAWA |
| Other names: | Keiji |
| Plate name: | YONEKAWA, KEIJI | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 米川圭治 |
| Grave location: | B-03-03 |
| Date of birth: | 1921-11-05 |
| Place of birth: | Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Business address: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-13 |
| Place of capture: | Thursday Island |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-14 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Diver |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 4 years 3 months |
| Date of entry: | 1937-04-08 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Thursday Island |
| Ship: | Atsuta Maru |
| Personal effects: | 1 bed, 1 mattress, 1 table, 1 chair left at Ugui Boarding House (est. value 5 pounds); |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Tomesaburo YONEKAWA |
| Address of next of kin: | Ugui-mura, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Tomesaburo YONEKAWA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Tokuye SAKAMOTO |
| Identification: | 5", 118 lbs, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | YONEKAWA was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 14 January 1942. He was reclassified from QJ to PWJM on 14 May 1943. He was first admitted to the 14 Camp Hospital with gastritis on 6 March 1944, and again on 6 May 1944 with bronchitis. He was placed on the 'Seriously Ill' list on 8 June 1944 and the 'Dangerously Ill' list on 13 June 1944. |
| Cause of death: | TB |
| Date of death: | 1944-06-30 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1944-06-30 |
| Place of first burial: | Hay |
| Extra information: | PWJMs protested against reclassification by refusing to sign documents. |
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