Cemetery plot location: B-02-01
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | CJ 18993 |
| Surname: | TOMA |
| Other names: | Saburo |
| Plate name: | TOMA, SABURO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | 富間 三郎 |
| Grave location: | B-02-01 |
| Date of birth: | 1890-01-23 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Business address: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Noumea, New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Hay |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-24 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Laundry |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1941-12-22 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Nil |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Kame TOMA |
| Address of next of kin: | Ashimine-mura, Shimagiri-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Kame TOMA |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Kame OGUSUKU |
| Identification: | 5ft, 126 Ibs, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, TOMA was sent to Hay on 24 December 1941. He was admitted to hospital on 29 August 1942. He was transferred to Loveday on 1 October 1942, where he was admitted to its camp hospital. TOMA was transferred between the 64 Australian Camp Hospital and the 121 Australian General Hospital a number of times over the next 15 months with TB. He died while he was a patient in the 121 Australian General Hospital. |
| Cause of death: | Tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1945-04-17 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 0194-04-19 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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