VSRB Vol 5 - Royal Canadian Legion

Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
FRANCIS, Stephen Joseph “Joe”
WWII
Joe was born in Queens County on September 16, 1914. He resides on the Wildcat
Reserve in Queens County. He was a Private in the West Nova Scotia Regiment and
studied mountain climbing in Scotland and then went to Germany, France, Belgium,
Holland and England. He was taken as a POW less than a month before the end of
the war. Joe is the last living Mi’kmaw Smaknis Veteran in his community.
Submitted by A. L. Patterson, Branch #087 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
FRANCIS, Walter Buchanan
WWI
Walter, son of Thomas and Margaret (Fulton) Francis of Upper Stewiacke Village,
was born in 1897. He signed up with the 193 rd Battalion and fought at Vimy Ridge.
He lost a leg in the war. After the war, he went to Saskatchewan and attended the
University of Saskatchewan receiving degrees in Arts and Law. He was very active
in the legal profession in Saskatchewan and served on the Board of Governors for
the University and was a force behind the co-operative movement in Western
Canada. In 1954, he received an honorary degree from St. Francis Xavier University
in Antigonish, NS. Walter passed away in 1964.
Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
FRAZEE, Isaac “Slim”
WWI & WWII
Isaac was born in Londonderry, NS, in 1882. He fought in the trenches in France
during WWI, where he was wounded. He enlisted again in 1939 and was on the first
ship carrying troops to England, serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Isaac
died from a stroke in 1950 at the age of 58.
Submitted by Colchester Branch #026 of The Royal Canadian.
FRAZEE, John Albert
WWII
John, son of Isaac Frazee, was born in Grand Prairie, AB, in 1925, but grew up in
Brookside, NS. After enlisting, he trained as a Dispatch Rider and was assigned to
the North New Brunswick Regiment. He was eventually transferred to a bren gun
carrier where he was the Gunner. John died at the age of 19 from wounds suffered
in Holland on October 27, 1944. He is buried in Adegem Canadian Military
Cemetery, Adegem, Belgium,
Submitted by Colchester Branch #026 of The Royal Canadian.
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