Bruce Dann

Bruce Dann lives with his young family in Broome, Western Australia and takes great pride in his Japanese heritage. Recently, he supported his eldest daughter in travelling to Wakayama Prefecture in Japan through the St Mary’s College – Taiji Elementary and High School student exchange program, a meaningful opportunity for the family to reconnect, with their ancestral roots after so long. Bruce’s great-grandfather came from Wakayama Prefecture in the early 1900s to work in the pearling industry. During the war, he was interned and later deported back to Japan, never to return. The family holds fond memories of a man who deeply loved and cared for his Australian family, only to be cut off and displaced by the devastation of war.

• YAMASHITA Masao