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Son of Mokuzo and Tatsu Sugimoto, of Kawagegun, Mie-ken, Japan.
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Kichimatsu Sugimoto grave, Aix Noulette France, April 5/07
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; Lethbridge in 1916. Lived in Raymond, Alberta. Photo taken April 5, 2007
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; joined Lethbridge, AB. Photo taken November 11, 2004
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Kitchimatsu Sugimoto was killed in action at Hill 70 on the 24th of August 1917
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Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Kichimatsu Sugimoto grave, Aix Noulette France, April 5/07
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One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; Lethbridge in 1916. Lived in Raymond, Alberta. Photo taken April 5, 2007
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One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; joined Lethbridge, AB. Photo taken November 11, 2004
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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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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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Kitchimatsu Sugimoto was killed in action at Hill 70 on the 24th of August 1917
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The Communal Cemetery and Extension are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.
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