Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
898527
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
May 6, 1881
Hiroshima, Kure, Japan
Enlistment:
August 1, 1916
Sarcee Camp, Alberta
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 24.
Additional information
Only son of Mr. M. Iwamoto, of Chome, Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette Issue 30389 published on the 16 November 1917
Digital gallery of Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
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Photo of Tokutaro Iwamoto
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Japanese Canadian War Memorial
Japanese Canadian War Memorial, Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Inscribed on a nearby plaque: World War I Japanese Canadian War Memorial. This monument is in lasting memory of the 190 who answered the call of duty for Canada and to the 54 who laid down their lives in defence of freedom in the Great War. Their names are engraved on the monument erected, April 2, 1920. A re-lighting of the Memorial to Canadian soldiers of Japanese Ancestry in World War I took place on August 2, 1985. -
Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
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Inscription
Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia. -
Photo of Tokutaro Iwamoto
Pte Tokutaro Iwamoto of the 10th Bn CEF.
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Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
Digital gallery of
Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
Digital gallery of
Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
Digital gallery of
Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
Digital gallery of
Private Tokutaro Iwamoto
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 435 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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