Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Tagakichi Fukui
In memory of:
Private Tagakichi Fukui
September 21, 1917
Military Service
228508
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
52nd Bn.
Additional Information
June 4, 1891
Yehime-Ken, Japan
June 21, 1916
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Son of Mrs. Kadzu Fukui, of Kita-Gun, Yehime-Ken, Japan.
Commemorated on Page 240 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France
I. O. 8.
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 AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave Marker – One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers; enlisted in Alberta in 1916. -
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Photo of Tagakichi Fukui – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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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. -
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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.
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