Cemetery plot location: B-01-12
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | QJ 16121 |
| Surname: | NISHITANI |
| Other names: | Otomatsu |
| Plate name: | NISHITANI, OTOMATSU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-01-12 |
| Date of birth: | 1773-08-15 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
| Private address: | Mourilyan Mill |
| Business address: | Mourilyan Mill |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | Cairns |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1941-12-16 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Gardener |
| Length of residence in Australia: | 43 years (never revisited Japan, 8 years in Mossman and the rest in Cairns, last 5 months at Mourilyan) |
| Date of entry: | 1891-08-12 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Mossman |
| Ship: | Yamashiro Maru |
| Personal effects: | 1 watch |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Next of kin: | Tatsuki NISHITANI |
| Address of next of kin: | Kosamachi, Kamimachiki, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Son |
| Father’s name: | Jinchiro NISHITANI (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Okisa (maiden name unknown) |
| Identification: | 5' 2.5", 9 stone, dark complexion, grey hair, brown eyes, small mole on the centre of his nose |
| Movement report: | NISHITANI was sent to Hay via Gaythorne on 3 January 1942, and was admitted to hospital on 30 March 1943. He was transferred to Loveday on 12 May 1943 as part of prisoner reclassification. NISHITANI was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital at Loveday on 19 November 1944, and transferred to the 121 Australian General Hospital in Adelaide. He was placed on the 'Seriously Ill' list on 23 June 1945, and on the 'Dangerously Ill' list on 23 September 1945. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma of lung |
| Date of death: | 1945-10-03 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-10-05 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | In both of the National Archives of Australia records (NAA: MP1103/1 &2), NISHITANI’s birth year was recorded as 1773. This is probably a typing error, and it is most likely that he was born in 1873.
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