Tatsuo Oura
Bird Commission case file number 327. Custodian file number 1662. (Source: lac_rg33-69_volume_16_file_0327)
He was born on 21 March 1916. He was formerly known as Tatsuo Hamanishi but changed his surname to Oura. He was a fisherman employed by the Ucluelet Fishing Company, Ucluelet, BC. His family includes Kikue Hamanishi (mother; nee Kikue Sakai), Toranishi Hamanishi (father), Shizue Oura (wife), Akio Oura (son), Masumi Oura (daughter), and Hisao Oura (son). He lived in Ucluelet, BC and was forcibly uprooted to Greenwood, BC. His listed seized property includes House No. 7 in Fraser’s Bay, Ucluelet, BC; a boat, “T.O.”/“T.H.3127”; household belongings; tools; a gramophone; wooden rice boxes; boxes of “Japanese Roll”; fishing equipment; toys; and lumber.
Metadata
| Surname | Oura |
| Forename | Tatsuo |
| Regularized Name | Tatsuo Oura |
| Custodian Identification Number | 1662 |
| Nationality | Canadian born |
| Residence (after uprooting) | Greenwood, BC |
| Residence (before uprooting) | Ucluelet |
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