Was in the Featherston prisoner of war camp during WWII; of Shinagawa ku Tokoyo in the 1970s and visited NZ in 1974
Fujita, Tamotsu, active 1940-1979
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Manuscript
Articles and essays on Featherston Prisoner of War Camp
Date: [1977-1993]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-086
Description: Papers by Thompson, `The First shot', `The Story of Fujita Tamotsu', `Some notes about Featherston Prisoner-of-War Camp', translation of a report in Yomiurui Shinbun, `New Zealanders learning Japanese', `The graves of incognito warriors' and biographical essays Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence etc re memorial for Featherston camp
Date: [1980-1995]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-058
Description: File relating to proposal to erect a memorial at the Featherston prisoner of war camp; includes notes and sumamries by Thompson; correspondence and copies of correspondence with various people and authorities; translation of part of a letter from Toshio Adachi to the Ambassador of Japan to New Zealand (1992) and some comments on his letter; Japanese contributions for the existing memorial (1997); clippings; paper on possible places of interest in New Zealand for war memorial tourists from Japan (1993); reports on the failure of the memorial proposal (1994); material in Japanese including booklet described as `The story of the building of a memorial to the Japanese who died around Guadalacanal (Kawaisan was one of the men who helped to build this memorial) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Papers and correspondence re Featherston POW Camp (b)
Date: [1974-1977]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-027
Description: Primarily correspondence between Russell Orr, Keith Robertson (Robbie) and Thompson relating to the Featherston prisoner of war camp; includes clippings (one of death of Orr), extracts, research notes on prisoners, circulars Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Negatives relating to the proposed Featherston prisoner of war camp memorial; and photograph of Keith Robertson and Toshio Adachi.
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Papers and correspondence re Featherston POW Camp (a)
Date: [1971-1974]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-026
Description: Mostly correspondence betweem Russell Orr, Keith Robertson (Robbie) and Thompson re proposed Featherston prisoner of war camp reunion and related matters. Includes Japanese translation of news item about riot at Cowra by Minoru Shima from the `Dominion', Aug 1944 (the English version of which is in 2001-008-023), and letter from Shima, notes for talk by Thompson at the Japanese Speaking Competition (Sept 1970), rejected letter to the editor of the `Listener' re the Featherston camp riot, article, `New Zealand's first Japanese teachers, the Japanese at Featherston', clippings and other papers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Japanese contributions to Featherston Memorial Ground
Date: [1970-1986]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-093
Description: Describied as Thompson's duplicate file of Japaense contributions to the exiting Featherston Camp Memorial Ground (1970, 1986); includes summary of process; photocopies of correspondence, clippings etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Correspondence re Featherston Memorial Ground
Date: [1970-1999]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-020
Description: Correspondence between Thompson and Tamotsu Fujita and Pat Ward relating to the prisoner of war camp at Featherston and the establishment of the Featherston Memorial Ground; also article by Russell Orr `Pilgrim to the past, "I was born again to a new life"', about Tamotsu Fujita (Review, Apr 1974) and recrod of Japanese contributions to the memorial ground Quantity: 1 folder(s).