HAGA Suejiro
Born: 7 May 1887 – Died: 5 September 1942
Particulars:
Suejiro was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. When the Pacific War broke out, he was running a general store at 29 Rue Georges Clémenceau in Nouméa, Kanaky / New Caledonia, which is now a fashionable shopping street near the ferry terminal. Suejiro and his wife Misao, who was from Ishikawa Prefecture, were both interned at Tatura Internment Camp in Victoria. Suejiro had been admitted to hospital with tuberculosis, but was back at the camp compound when he died. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
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Masako Ogawa
Artist/s Statement:
I thank the When You Call My Name Project very much for giving me such a great opportunity to ‘re-encounter’ one of the internees. I’ll be able to meet all the internees when the project is exhibited. They won’t be forgotten.
Artist Bio:
Masako Ogawa was born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She has been living in Australia for over 35 years. She currently works as a sessional tutor in translation and interpreting at Western Sydney University, and as a freelance translator and interpreter.