Person Profile

Atagi, Kaoru

1912–1998

Also Known As: Harry

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Biography

He was a wooden boat shipwright who built and repaired wooden fish boats for Tsunematsu Atagi at Scotch Pond. During the Second World War he was interned at Celista-Magna Bay BC where he worked as a logger and in a sawmill.

He returned to Richmond in December 1949.

References

  • Nikkei Fishermen's Book Committee (2007)
  • Fukawa, Masaki with Stanley Fukawa and the Nikkei Fishermen's History Book Committee (2009)

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