Military service
Service number:
898532
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
May 2, 1886
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Tohadii Matsumura, of Tachioka, Hanosonomura, Uto-gun, Kumamoto-ken, Japan.
Digital gallery of Private Toraki Matsumura
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Photo of TORAKI MATSUMURA
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum. Number: 1992.23.1.2.9 -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Close up of Japanese War Memorial
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Inscription
Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia. An additional two names have been found: E. Nakamura and U. Shibuta. -
Japanese 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. -
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). Matsumura is located fourth from the left in the second row. Image courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum
Digital gallery of
Private Toraki Matsumura
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 292 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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