Military service
Service number:
228410
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Death:
June 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Yashizumi Tokunaga and Kisa Tokunaga.
Digital gallery of Private Kigiro Tokunaga
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Photo of KIGIRO TOKUNAGA
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum Number: 1992.23.1.2.35 -
Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
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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. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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)
Digital gallery of
Private Kigiro Tokunaga
Digital gallery of
Private Kigiro Tokunaga
Digital gallery of
Private Kigiro Tokunaga
Digital gallery of
Private Kigiro Tokunaga
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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