Japanese of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

Japanese of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (NMMCC) houses archival materials, art and artefacts relating to Japanese Canadian heritage, including a wealth of information on the Japanese men who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the Great War. Archivist Linda Kawamoto Reid has contributed all of the photographs and extra information at short notice to make this Community for the Japanese of the CEF as complete as possible. More information: http://centre.nikkeiplace.org . NNMCC is located at 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7, Canada. Other sources: http://jccabulletin-geppo.ca/the-japanese-canadian-soldiers-of-the-first-world-war-and-the-fight-to-win-the-vote by David R Mitsui. Quote: ‘Through enlisting, they overcame racial barriers and showed their determination to win their citizenship rights through military service. The Japanese Canadian soldiers fought in most of the major engagements of the CEF on the Western Front in Europe in 1917 and 1918. Their valour was recognized in the awarding of 11 Military Medals for Bravery to Japanese Canadian soldiers. Fifty-four, or nearly one-fourth of the Japanese Canadian soldiers were killed on the battlefield or died from wounds … most of the surviving soldiers were also wounded.'; Ken Adachi, The Enemy That Never Was: A History of the Japanese Canadians. (McClelland & Stewart, 1976); Hikogoro Inouye’s story: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/inouye.aspx ; Lyle Dick, “Sergeant Masumi Mitsui and the Japanese Canadian War Memorial: Intersections of National, Cultural, and Personal Memory” Annual conference of Canadian Historical Association, Saskatoon, 28 May 2007; Roy Ito, We Went to War: The Story of the Japanese Canadians Who Served During the First and Second World Wars (Canada’s Wings, 1984); Patricia E Roy. The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man’s Province, 1914-1941 (UBC Press, 2003)

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  • Profile picture for Noboru Asada

    Born 1894

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228346

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228346 Private Canadian Infantry 52nd Battalion

  • Born 1880

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228384 Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles 13th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Chikara Fujita

    Born 1884

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898528

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898528 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Tomoki Gyotoku

    Born 1892

    Died 1916

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228461

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228461 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Chotoro Hamaguchi

    Born 1879

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697035

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697035 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Toshitaka Ishihara

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697071

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697071 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Katsukuma Katayama

    Born 1887

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697062

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697062 Private Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Otokichi Onishi

    Born 1886

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898539 Private Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion

  • Born 1894

    Died 1919

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 276939

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 276939 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Born 1883

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898571 Private Canadian Infantry 192 Battalion

  • Born 1885

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 895863 Private Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion

  • Profile picture for Toraki Matsumura

    Born 1886

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898532

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898532 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Togojiro Matsui

    Born 1878

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898549

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 898549 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Usaku Shibuta

    Born 1888

    Died 1919

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228504

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228504 Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles

  • Profile picture for Hyojiro Shinomiya

    Born 1882

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 696994

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 696994 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Kichimatsu Sugimoto

    Born 1885

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228469

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228469 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Takehiko Takunago

    Born 1888

    Died 1918

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228125

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228125 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Kohei Tada

    Born 1887

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697020

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 697020 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Profile picture for Kigiro Tokunaga

    Born 1886

    Died 1917

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228410

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 228410 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Born 1918

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 3315139 Private