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Yosojiro Tanaka

In memory of:

Private Yosojiro Tanaka

May 4, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

552991

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

52nd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Yosokichi Tanaka and Nui Tanaka, of Kanaya, Yokaichi, Omi, Shiga Prefacture, Japan.

Commemorated on Page 336 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

D. 16.

Location:

Vimy is a village some 10 kilometres north of Arras and the PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY is west of the village and a little west of the main road from Lens to Arras (N25).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Yosojiro Tanaka– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Yosojiro Tanaka
    Photo of Yosojiro Tanaka – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– A photograph of the headstone at the Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, France. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens)

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    Grave Marker – A photograph of the headstone at the Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, France. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens)
  • Cemetery– The Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, in the Pas de Calais, France (J. Stephens)

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – The Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, in the Pas de Calais, France (J. Stephens)
  • 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.

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    Japanese War Memorial
    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.
  • Close up of Japanese War Memorial

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    Close up of Japanese War Memorial
    Close up of Japanese War Memorial
  • 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.

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    Inscription
    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.

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