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Chikra Fujita

In memory of:

Private Chikra Fujita

August 15, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

898528

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 12, 1884
Fukushima-Ken, Japan

Enlistment:

August 1, 1916
Sarcee Camp, Calgary, Alberta

Son of Yoichi and Haki Fujita, of Kakura, Karino-Mura, Soha-gori, Fukushima-Ken, Japan. Husband of Kimi Fujita, of Kakura, Karino-Mura, Soha-gori, Fukushima-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

Cemetery:

LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 3.

Location:

Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Group Photo– Group photo of eleven Japanese-Canadian soldiers from the 10th Battalion (1916). Fujita is located second from the left in the second row. Image courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Group photo of eleven Japanese-Canadian soldiers from the 10th Battalion (1916). Fujita is located second from the left in the second row. Image courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum
  • Photo of Chikra Fujita– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Chikra Fujita
    Photo of Chikra Fujita – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Japaneese 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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    Japaneese Canadian War Memorial
    Japaneese 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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    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
    Inscription – Detail of the World War One names listed on the Japanese Canadian War Memorial, British Columbia.

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