Military service
Service number:
228469
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
52nd Bn.
Birth:
July 5, 1885
Mie-ken, Japan
Enlistment:
June 9, 1916
Lethbridge, Alberta
Death:
August 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. N. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mokuzo and Tatsu Sugimoto, of Kawagegun, Mie-ken, Japan.
Digital gallery of Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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Photo of Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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Photo of Kichimatsu Sugimoto
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Gravemarker
Kichimatsu Sugimoto grave, Aix Noulette France, April 5/07 -
Grave Marker
One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; Lethbridge in 1916. Lived in Raymond, Alberta. Photo taken April 5, 2007 -
Grave Marker
One of first 42 Japanese Canadian soldiers enlisted; joined Lethbridge, AB. Photo taken November 11, 2004 -
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. -
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. -
Hill 70 Memorial
Kitchimatsu Sugimoto was killed in action at Hill 70 on the 24th of August 1917
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
Digital gallery of
Private Kichimatsu Sugimoto
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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