Delmanor Wynford Resident, Mr. Minoru Yatabe Presented with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is one of a series of national celebratory gestures created in 2012 to mark the 60^th Anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The medal is awarded to Canadians who have devoted themselves to the well-being of family, community and country. The selected medal recipients have made a significant contribution to a province, territory, regions or community within Canada or an achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada. 
 

The Diamond Jubilee Medal

 Like Her Majesty, those recognized have dedicated themselves to serve their fellow citizens and country. In recognition of this outstanding dedication, the Diamond Jubilee Medal was created in honour of these exceptional Canadian citizens to thank them for their accomplishments. 

In WW II, Japanese Canadians were barred from Canadian military service until the beginning of 1945. Mr. Yatabe was on of many loyal Japanese Canadians who enlisted immediately. He was attached to British Intelligence forces in the South East Asia Command and performed counter intelligence work in Malaysia and in Thailand. His post-war community activities included working with the Boy Scouts of Canada, local senior citizens, and in the Royal Canadian Legion.

Mr. Yatabe accepting the Diamond Jubilee Medal

The Medal is administered by the Chancellery of Honours, which is part of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. During the year of acknowledgment of this historic event, 60,000 Canadians were recognized and presented with this medal along with Mr. Minoru Yatabe. 

Member of Parliament John Carmichael attended the ceremony held at Delmanor Wynford to present the highly distinctive Diamond Jubilee Medal to Delmanor Wynford resident, Mr. Minoru Yatabe for his extraordinary contributions to Canada. Mr. Carmichael was accompanied by the Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator for Toronto for this event. 

 
The entire Delmanor community commends and gives gratitude to Mr. Minoru Yatabe for this outstanding achievement and are honoured to have him as a part of our Delmanor family.

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