Indigenous Veterans and Resources

Welcome to the Indigenous Veterans page

Indigenous persons, peoples, and nations are making efforts to reclaim their histories after generations of being erased from Canadian historical writings which often under/misrepresented Indigenous personal, familial, and national histories from the records—especially from military records and histories. Indigenous-led efforts to reclaim and write these histories is an important part of reconciliation.

In 2024, with financial support from The Métis Veterans Legacy Program, the HKVCA undertook a project to recognize Hong Kong Veterans with Indigenous ancestry and to research their lives in an effort to honour their histories and promote awareness of Indigenous participation in ‘C’ Force. A corresponding part of this project was to create a Teachers Resource Guide about the Battle of Hong Kong and Indigenous participation in Canada’s military. Research on the members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, the Royal Rifles of Canada, and Headquarters, showed that the veterans listed below have documented Indigenous ancestry.

This Project’s main goals were to identify and honour the Indigenous veterans of ‘C’ Force and to develop educational materials. It resulted in so much more - aiding families in restoring historical kinship and community ties, in building new connections, and increased awareness of the participation and contributions of Indigenous soldiers in Canada’s military, among other things. We invite you to explore the results of our research. Click on the veteran’s regimental number and follow the instructions in their Individual Report to access research conducted through this Project. The Teachers Resource Guide is available for use, free of charge, at the link noted at the bottom of this page.

(Please note the research is not meant to be prescriptive or determining of a Veteran’s identity, membership, and/or citizenship to a specific Indigenous Nation.)

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Indigenous Veterans of 'C' Force

We've found 128 results.

Regimental #	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Métis/First Nation (if known)	Band (if known)
H41746	Private	Angus	AIMOE	Red River Métis
H41728	Private	Joseph	ATEAH	Red River Métis
L13725	Private	George	BADGER	Saulteaux	Cote First Nation, SK
L2957	Private	Edgar	BAPTISTE	Cree	Red Pheasant First Nation, SK
H20873	Private	Oliver	BARRON	Red River Métis
H6618	Private	George	BELCOURT	Red River Métis
H17500	Private	Victor	BELCOURT	Red River Métis
H77586	Private	Robert	BLANCHARD	Red River Métis/Anishinaabe	family ties to Sagkeeng First Nation, MB
H41902	Private	William	BOULETTE	Red River Métis	family ties to Hollow Water First Nation, MB
H41568	Private	Albert	BOYER	Red River Métis
L13726	Private	Raymond	BRASS	Anishinaabe	Key First Nation, SK
H75144	Private	Lucien	BRAZEAU	Red River Métis
H6066	Corporal	John	BRITTON	Red River Métis
H17296	Private	Joseph	CAMPBELL	Red River Métis/Cree
H37793	Private	John	CAMPBELL	Red River Métis
H41897	Private	Patrick	CAMPBELL	Red River Métis/First Nations
H6199	Lance Corporal	Clifford	CARPENTER	Red River Métis
H41683	Private	Wilfrid	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H41688	Private	David	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H63696	Private	Marcel	CHABOYER	Red River Métis
H41862	Private	Alexander	CONTOIS	Red River Métis/First Nations	family ties to Long Plain First Nation
H6758	Private	George	DELORME	Red River Métis
H6870	Private	Joseph	DELORME	Red River Métis
H6750	Private	Leon	DESLAURIER	Red River Métis
H6892	Private	Harry	DRURY	Red River Métis
H20841	Private	Wilbert	DUBOIS	Red River Métis
H6035	Private	Joseph	FALCON	Red River Métis
H20803	Private	Alexander	FAVEL	Cree	Peguis First Nation, MB
H6205	Private	James	FIDLER	Red River Métis
H6808	Private	Raymond	FIDLER	Red River Métis
H6911	Private	Herbert	FOLSTER	Red River Métis
H70208	Private	Donald	FOLSTER	Red River Métis
H6423	Private	Albert	FONTAINE	Red River Métis
H6075	Private	Edward	FREEMAN	Red River Métis
H6787	Private	Donald	FROBISHER	Red River Métis
H41793	Private	William	GLADUE	Red River Métis
H6895	Private	Lawrence	HALLETT	Red River Métis
H41694	Private	Francois	HAMELIN	Red River Métis
H41892	Private	Alfred	HAMELIN	Red River Métis
H17667	Private	Frank	HARDING	Red River Métis
H6825	Private	William	HARDISTY	Red River Métis
H6219	Private	William	HARKNESS	Red River Métis
H41117	Private	Frederick	HARRIS	First Nations	family ties to Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation
H6204	Private	Malcolm	HAWES	Red River Métis
H6940	Private	Stewart	HOLMSTROM	Red River Métis
B38350	Rifleman	Donald	INNES	Cree	Constance Lake First Nation, ON
H6542	Private	William	JEFFERY	Red River Métis
H6641	Corporal	Douglas	JEFFERY	Red River Métis
H20808	Private	George	KIPLING		family ties to Peguis First Nation, MB
H6503	Private	Marcien	LAFORTUNE	Red River Métis
H6109	Private	George	LAMOUREUX	Red River Métis
H6289	Private	Gordon	LAND	Red River Métis
H6295	Lance Corporal	Roy	LAND	Red River Métis
H41654	Private	Gabriel	LAPLANTE	Red River Métis
H75223	Private	Romain	LAPLANTE	Red River Métis
H6677	Private	Maurice	LAPOINTE	Red River Métis
H6506	Private	Joseph	LARIVIERE	Red River Métis
H6744	Private	Frederick	LAVALLEE	Red River Métis
H41865	Private	Ernest	LAVALLEE	Red River Métis
H41704	Private	Lawrence	LEWIS	Red River Métis
H6741	Private	Clifford	LINKLATER	Red River Métis
H77269	Private	Wilbert	LYNCH	Red River Métis
L28212	Private	Fred	MALBEUF	Red River Métis
L28224	Private	Ernest	MALBEUF	Red River Métis
H41861	Private	Charles	MARQUIS	Red River Métis
E30167	Rifleman	Paul (Polycarpe)	MARTIN	Mi’gmaq	Listuguj, QC
E30760	Rifleman	Henry	MARTIN	Mi’gmaq	Listuguj, QC
H6745	Private	Ralph	MAXWELL	Red River Métis
H6245	Corporal	Arthur	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H26245	Private	Calvin	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H26247	Private	Mervin	MCCORRISTER	Red River Métis
H6938	Private	Robert	MCGOWAN	Red River Métis
H6885	Private	Alfred	MCIVOR	Red River Métis
H41738	Private	Walter	MCLEOD	Red River Métis
E30097	Rifleman	Patrick	METALLIC	Mi'gmaq	Listuguj, QC
E29862	Rifleman	Francois	METHOT	Mi’gmaq	Listuguj, QC
H41564	Private	Henry	MILLITAIRE	Red River Métis
H41860	Private	James	MOAR	Red River Métis
H6181	Lance Corporal	George	MONTROY	Red River Métis
H6621	Private	Bertrand	MOORE	Cree	family ties to Moose Cree First Nation, ON
H20809	Private	Edward	MORRISSEAU	Anishinaabe	Sagkeeng First Nation
H41731	Private	Alexander	MORRISSETTE	Red River Métis
H41648	Private	John	MOSIONIER	Red River Métis
H6664	Lance Corporal	Philip	MOYSEY	Red River Métis
H6157	Private	Leonard	MULVANEY	Red River Métis
H6629	Private	Thomas	MULVANEY	Red River Métis
H6755	Private	James	MURRAY	Red River Métis/Saulteaux
H41776	Private	Antonio	NEAULT	Red River Métis
H6507	Private	Roger	NOBISS	Red River Métis
H41778	Private	Maxwell	NOEL	Dakota	Birdtail Sioux Dakota Oyate, MB
H41666	Private	Joseph	OIGE	Metis/First Nations	family ties to Keeseekoose First Nation, SK
H6932	Private	Harry	ORVIS	Red River Métis
H6526	Private	Joseph	OUELLETTE	Red River Métis
L2858	Private	Walter	PARENTEAU	Red River Métis
L41404	Private	Robert	PARENTEAU	Red River Métis
H6855	Private	Aime	PAUL	Red River Métis
H6871	Private	Joseph	PAUL	Red River Métis
H20021	Private	William	PAUL	Red River Métis
H40700	Private	Ernest	PAUL	Red River Métis
H20829	Private	Louis	PEPPIN	Red River Métis
H6359	Private	Ferdinand	POITRAS	Red River Métis
H6930	Private	Roy	POTTINGER	Red River Métis
H41845	Private	Victor	PROULX	Red River Métis
H20872	Private	Edward	QUERY	Red River Métis
H6597	Private	Marcel	ROBIDOUX	Red River Métis
H6521	Private	Omar	RUNNELLS	Red River Métis
H6909	Private	Joseph	SAMSON	Red River Métis
H41818	Private	Isaac	SANDERSON	First Nations	family ties to St. Peter’s Reserve/Peguis First Nation, MB
L2862	Private	George	SAYERS	Red River Métis
H6609	Lance Corporal	Raymond	SELLERS	Red River Métis
H6441	Staff Sergeant	Clifford	SETTEE	Red River Métis/Cree
H6617	Private	Claude	SHUPE	Red River Métis
H6685	Corporal	Thomas	SINCLAIR	Red River Métis
H41699	Private	Anthony	SIOUX	Red River Métis
H6910	Private	George	SMITH	Red River Métis
H41690	Private	Victor	SMITH	Red River Métis
H41715	Private	Frank	SMITH	Red River Métis
H6049	Private	Alfred	SPIER	Red River Métis
H41600	Private	Thomas	ST GERMAINE	Red River Métis
H6352	Private	George	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H6353	Private	Stanley	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H6688	Private	Garnett	STODGELL	Red River Métis
H75233	Private	Clifford	THOMAS	Red River Métis
H41797	Private	Robert	UTECH	Red River Métis
L2860	Private	Urban	VERMETTE	Red River Métis
L2867	Private	Earl	VERMETTE	Red River Métis
H6649	Private	Thomas	WARD	Red River Métis
H16116	Private	Leonard	WATSON	Red River Métis

Resources for Indigenous Study

Below is a list of sources and readings which provide information on Canada’s Indigenous people and contemporary issues, and historical information about the involvement of Indigenous people in Canada’s military.

Featured on our site: Battle of Hong Kong Teacher's Guide

Reconciliation in Canada	Rights and Reconciliation
Reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission including Calls to Action	What Reconciliation Is and What It Is Not
University of Alberta – Indigenous Canada	Métis History
First Nations Soldiers	Indigenous Veterans – Equals on the Battlefield, but Not at Home
Government of Canada	Indigenous Peoples and the World Wars
Historica Canada