Military service
Service number:
898539
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
March 23, 1886
Shiga-Ken, Japan
Enlistment:
August 19, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Atoskabura Onishi of Shiga-Ken, Japan.
Digital gallery of Private Otokichi Onishi
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Photo of OTOKICHI ONISHI
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum. Number: 1992.23.1.2.52 -
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. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Group Photo
Group photo of eleven Japanese-Canadian soldiers from the 10th Battalion (1916). Onishi is located first from the left in the top row. Image courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
Digital gallery of
Private Otokichi Onishi
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 303 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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