Cemetery plot location: B-02-10
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| Classification: | Internee |
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| Identification number: | IJ 51447 |
| Surname: | OMO |
| Other names: | Tohujyu |
| Plate name: | OMO, TOHUJYU | AKA (Also Known As): | None |
| Name in kanji: | ？毛 徳十 |
| Grave location: | B-02-10 |
| Date of birth: | 1915-08-08 |
| Place of birth: | Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Private address: | Singapore |
| Business address: | Kanashiro & Co. |
| Military rank: | Not recorded |
| Unit regimental number: | Not recorded |
| Date of capture: | 1942-01-27 |
| Place of capture: | Tandjong, Penang |
| Reason for internment: | Enemy alien |
| Camp interned: | Loveday |
| Date interned: | 1942-01-30 |
| Health condition on arrival: | Not recorded |
| Trade or occupation: | Fisherman |
| Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
| Date of entry: | 1942-01-27 |
| Port of disembarkation: | Adelaide |
| Ship: | Cremer |
| Personal effects: | Luggage |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Next of kin: | Saburo OMO |
| Address of next of kin: | Minatogawa-mure, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa-ken, Japan |
| Relationship to next of kin: | Father |
| Father’s name: | Saburo OMO |
| Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
| Mother’s maiden name: | Shisa KANASHIRO |
| Identification: | 5'4", 126 lbs, yellow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, scar on the left side of his head |
| Movement report: | OMO was taken into custody in Penang, and transported with other Japanese from the N.E.I. to Australia. He was sent to Loveday on 30 January 1942. He was admitted to the 64 Camp Hospital on 26 March 1945, then transferred to the Barmera Base Hospital, and was placed on the 'Dangerously Ill' list on 11 July 1945. OMO continued to be hospitalised. |
| Cause of death: | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Date of death: | 1946-01-07 |
| Cremation or burial: | Burial |
| Date of burial: | 1946-01-08 |
| Place of first burial: | Barmera |
| Extra information: | The first kanji character in OMO’s signature which is illegible, could be 大毛 or 小毛 or 尾毛. |
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