Chief joe dreaver biography of william
Chief joe dreaver biography of william
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886518 Corporal Joseph Dreaver Sr, MM was born on 2 June 1891 in Mistawasis, Saskatchewan, the son of George Dreaver. Joseph Dreaver was the great, great-grandson of Cree Chief Mistawasis who was the first Chief to sign Treaty No.
6 in 1876. Joseph was the last hereditary Chief of the Mistawasis First Nation.
He was married to Evelyn Cardinal. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters who enlisted in the Second World War. His son, Sergeant Harvey Dreaver, Regina Rifles Regiment, landed on D-Day and was later killed in action on 6 October 1944 during an assault at the Leopold Canal in Belgium.
In 1916 Joseph (occupation farmer), aged 24, and his younger brother Frank Nickle (engineer), aged 23 enlisted in the First World War.
An older brother, William Fredrick (farmer), aged 33 enlisted in 1917. All three brothers were part of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force.
Dreaver enlisted with the 107th Battalion, CEF (and engineering battalion) on 26 March 1916 in Prince Albert, Saskatche