Cemetery plot location: B-01-08
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | SJ 17600 |
| Surname: | SUZUKI |
| Other names: | Inokichi |
| Plate name: | SUZUKI, INOKICHI | AKA (Also Known As): | Ivan STEEL |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-01-08 |
| Date of birth: | 1889-11-01 |
| Place of birth: | Yokohama, Japan |
| Private address: | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory |
| Business address: | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-17 |
| Place of capture: | Tennant Creek, NT |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-05 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Mechanic |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Since 1907, 34 years and 4 months |
| Date of entry: | Not recorded |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, NSW |
| Ship: | Yawatamaru |
| Personal effects: | 1 kit bag and contents, 2 fibre suits, 1 roll of bedding and tent fly, 1 leather overcoat and 1 rug. |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Kichizo SUZUKI |
| Address of next of kin: | Kaketsuka, Shizuoka-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Brother |
| Father’s name: | Kichibei SUZUKI (deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Haru YAMADA (deceased) |
| Identification: | Height 5', weight 7 stone 7 lbs, black hair going grey, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | SUZUKI was arrested in Tennant Creek and then transferred to Loveday on 31 December 1941. SUZUKI was admitted to the Barmera Base Hospital on 31 August 1942, and transferred to the Compound Hospital on 3 September 1942. He was readmitted to the Barmera Base Hospital on 2 April 1943. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma of oesophagus |
| Date of death: | 1943-05-22 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1943-05-23 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | SUZUKI was the only Japanese given an internee number with a code for South Australia (SJ). |
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