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Hikogoro Inouye

In memory of:

Private Hikogoro Inouye

May 19, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

697061

Age:

42

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

1st Canadian Gen. Hosp.

Additional Information

Born:

October 10, 1875
Fukayasu Gun, Hiroshima, Japan

Enlistment:

August 15, 1916
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Tanehachi and Nobu Inoue, of 147, Shimoyuwanawi Mura, Fukayasu Gun, Hiroshima, Japan. Husband of Kume Inouye of Fukayasu Gun, Hiroshima, Japan.

Commemorated on Page 434 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

LXVII. D. 24.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– 10 August 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – 10 August 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cefrg.ca
  • Photo of Hikogoro Inouye– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Hikogoro Inouye
    Photo of Hikogoro Inouye – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Papers

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    Attestation Papers
    Attestation Papers
  • Attestation Papers

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    Attestation Papers
    Attestation Papers
  • 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. 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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