Cemetery plot location: B-01-06
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| Classification: | Internee |
|---|---|
| Identification number: | CJ 22288 |
| Surname: | OKASHIMA |
| Other names: | Yasutaro |
| Plate name: | OKASHIMA, YASUTARO | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | Not recorded |
| Grave location: | B-01-06 |
| Date of birth: | 1879-07-13 |
| Place of birth: | Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | New Caledonia |
| Business address: | New Caledonia |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1941-12-08 |
| Place of capture: | New Caledonia |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-02-28 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-02-26 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Sydney, N.S.W. |
| Ship: | Cap des Palmes |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | OKASHIMA, Junichi |
| Address of next of kin: | Imaho Shiraishi-mura, Mitsu-gun, Okayama-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Younger brother |
| Father’s name: | Sandouro OKASHIMA (Deceased) |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Unknown (Deceased) |
| Identification: | 5', 7 stone 5 lbs, brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes |
| Movement report: | After having been transferred from New Caledonia, OKASHIMA was sent to Loveday on 28 February 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital with haematuria on 4 August 1945, and was transferred to the 121 Australian General Hospital on 8 August 1945 with carcinoma. |
| Cause of death: | Carcinoma |
| Date of death: | 1945-09-26 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1945-09-28 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
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