Lives of the First World War

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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