First group of people being deported to Japan; Slocan, BC

First group of people being deported to Japan; Slocan, BC

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Title Proper First group of people being deported to Japan; Slocan, BC
Date(s) 1946
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Scope and content
Overhead view of a group of people with their baggage waiting for a train.
Name of creator
Mr. Toshio Odamura was born at Steveston, BC March 10, 1911. He attended Steveston Japanese Language School. Mr. Odamura moved to Haney [ca. 1928] and got married to his wife Naraye, January 18, 1936. From Haney, he and his wife were temporarily interned in Hastings Park and then Slocan in 1942. From Slocan, he and his wife moved to Penticton and then to Vancouver.
Mr. Odamura's occupations included being an employee at Wood Fibre, BC, a truck driver at Slocan and various other occupations.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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First group of people being deported to Japan; Slocan, BC
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