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Tokutaro Iwamoto

In memory of:

Private Tokutaro Iwamoto

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

898527

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, London Gazette Issue 30389 published on the 16 November 1917

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

May 6, 1881
Hiroshima, Kure, Japan

Enlistment:

August 1, 1916
Sarcee Camp, Alberta

Only son of Mr. M. Iwamoto, of Chome, Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.

Commemorated on Page 435 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

D. 24.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt and UPTON WOOD CEMETERY is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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    Photo of Tokutaro Iwamoto – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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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    Japanese Canadian War Memorial
    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.
    Detailed view of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.
  • Inscription– Detail of the World War One names listed on 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.
  • Photo of Tokutaro Iwamoto– Pte Tokutaro Iwamoto of the 10th Bn CEF.

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    Photo of Tokutaro Iwamoto – Pte Tokutaro Iwamoto of the 10th Bn CEF.

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