Military service
Service number:
697044
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
April 2, 1888
Kobe, Japan
Enlistment:
August 23, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 10, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. A. 7.
Additional information
Son of Yasu Narita of Kobe, Japan.
Digital gallery of Private Hikojiri Narita
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Photo of Hikojiri Narita
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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. -
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. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Biography
A mini-biography posted against Narita's gravestone at CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY; Pas de Calais, France. -
Grave marker
Narita's grave marker at CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY; Pas de Calais, France. (April 2017)
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
Digital gallery of
Private Hikojiri Narita
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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