A photograph of six members of the LaForme family standing in a row in military uniform, n.d.
A photograph of six members of the LaForme family standing in a row in military uniform, n.d.
The LaForme family is one of the largest families of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN). Several family members went overseas to fight in the First World War and are pictured above, including Daniel, Samuel, Peter, Wesley, Elias and Herbert.
These cousins joined the 114th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (known as Brock’s Rangers or the “Indian Battalion”) due to the large number of Indigenous recruits coming from the MCFN and nearby Six Nations reserve.
In total, 36 of the 283 band members of the MCFN joined the war effort, with 22 of them enlisting in the 114th Battalion.
These members of the LaForme family returned from fighting overseas at the end of the First World War without any fatalities. Members of the LaForme family have continued to be influential within the nation since the World Wars, with multiple members serving as chiefs.
Photograph courtesy of the New Credit Public Library.
A photograph of six members of the LaForme family standing in a row in military uniform, n.d.
A photograph of six members of the LaForme family standing in a row in military uniform, n.d.
The LaForme family is one of the largest families of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN). Several family members went overseas to fight in the First World War and are pictured above, including Daniel, Samuel, Peter, Wesley, Elias and Herbert.
These cousins joined the 114th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (known as Brock’s Rangers or the “Indian Battalion”) due to the large number of Indigenous recruits coming from the MCFN and nearby Six Nations reserve.
In total, 36 of the 283 band members of the MCFN joined the war effort, with 22 of them enlisting in the 114th Battalion.
These members of the LaForme family returned from fighting overseas at the end of the First World War without any fatalities. Members of the LaForme family have continued to be influential within the nation since the World Wars, with multiple members serving as chiefs.
Photograph courtesy of the New Credit Public Library.