Military service
Service number:
898544
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
July 20, 1888
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Heikichi Sugitani
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Photo of HEIKICHI SUGITANI
Photo circa 1914, courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum. Number: 1992.23.1.2.2.a-b -
Close up of Japanese War Memorial
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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. -
Japanese 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. -
Memorial
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)
Digital gallery of
Private Heikichi Sugitani
Digital gallery of
Private Heikichi Sugitani
Digital gallery of
Private Heikichi Sugitani
Digital gallery of
Private Heikichi Sugitani
Digital gallery of
Private Heikichi Sugitani
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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