1898 18 May born in Tokyo, Japan
1907 arrived with the Mizuno troupe in Vancouver, en route to Campbell Brothers Circus in Fairbury, Nebraska.
1921 census – 23 year old general labourer at Pontnewynydd Sheet Works in Pontypool
1926 Charged with riotous assembly during a strike action, bound over to keep the peace
1939 living in Pontypool, unmarried, working as a crane driver at the forge mills.
1941 interned
1944 appeal for release refused
1950 in Wales Herald, described as a former acrobat now in his third trade, helping to build Afon Lwyd bridge.
1976 died in Pontypool aged 77
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