Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Sanzaemon Takunago of Kagoshima-Ken, Japan.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Takehiko Takunago
Digital gallery of
Private Takehiko Takunago
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Takehiko Takunago
Digital gallery of
Private Takehiko Takunago
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Takehiko Takunago
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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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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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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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
VIMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Vimy is a village about 10 kilometres north-north-east of Arras on the main road to Lens. Take the N17 from Arras for approximately 10.3 kilometres to its junction with the D46E (first sign for Vimy centre on right (east) side of road). Travel 800 metres along this road to its junction with the D51 (Farbus road) and make a right turn. The VIMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 1 kilometre along this road on the left side.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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