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Yoichi Kamakura

In memory of:

Private Yoichi Kamakura

August 26, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

228118

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

52nd Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, London Gazette Issue 30287 published on the 14 September 1917

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

March 21, 1882
Hiroshima, Kure, Japan

Enlistment:

April 6, 1916
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Heizaburo and Merto Kamakura of Hiroshima, Kure, Japan.

Commemorated on Page 266 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

1. L. 19.

Location:

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted in Calgary, 1916.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted in Calgary, 1916.
  • Photo of Yoichi Kamakura– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Yoichi Kamakura
    Photo of Yoichi Kamakura – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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.

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    Japanese Canadian War Memorial
    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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    Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
    Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
  • Inscription– Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.

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