WWI Medal returned to soldier’s family

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A war medal given to a Six Nations soldier a century ago has been reunited with his family, years after his death. The medal is a reminder of the thousands of Aboriginal soldiers who fought for Canada in World War One. These medals were awarded to Private David Lickers for bravery after he was wounded in battle. Lickers was born on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, he served in the war for two years.

In the early 70’s, the medals were discovered in a Toronto apartment by Sgt. Ralph Feisthaur’s parents. “When this tenant left he left behind a sock full of coins, they found out that two of those coins were in fact WWI medals.”

Today in Brantford, Glenn Lickers a member of David Lickers family was on hand to receive the lost medals. “Contributions of First Nations people has often been overlooked and marginalized, the fact this happened today was huge.” David Lickers came from a large family, he had 24 siblings and two of his brothers fought in the war as well.

“Pretty exciting, very proud chapter of the family that I wasn’t aware of.  I can’t think of a better place for these medals to be than the Woodland Cultural Centre Museum. So it’s shared with our young people and all Canadians.”