Military service
Service number:
898524
Age:
43
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
March 2, 1874
Okayama, Japan
Enlistment:
August 1, 1916
Sarcee Camp, Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digital gallery of Private Kichisaburo Akiyama
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Photo of KICHISABURO AKIYAMA
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum. Number: 1992.23.1.2.12.a-b -
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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Inscription
Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Kichisaburo Akiyama
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Letter
July 7th, 1917. Lest We Forget Letter from Keiko Akiyama (Kichisaburo's wife) to the Canadian Japanese Association, 1917.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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