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Military service
Service number:
276939
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Reserve Battalion
Birth:
November 16, 1894
Saiyukan, Japan
Enlistment:
June 4, 1918
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
July 14, 1919
Ripon, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 256.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tomekichi Nishimura of Antelope, Saskatchewan.
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Photo of SANNOSUKE NISHIMURA
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Gravemarker
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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
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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Shoulder Patch 15th bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor goldman, 15th bn Memorial Project.
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Private Sannosuke Nishimura
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Private Sannosuke Nishimura
Digital gallery of
Private Sannosuke Nishimura
Digital gallery of
Private Sannosuke Nishimura
Digital gallery of
Private Sannosuke Nishimura
Digital gallery of
Private Sannosuke Nishimura
Digital gallery of
Private Sannosuke Nishimura
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 540 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RIPON CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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