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 MHM Sgt. Tommy Prince Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 49° 55.418 W 097° 13.723
14U E 627140 N 5531643
This Manitoba Historical Marker is the Field of Honour Section, Lot 7927 in Brookside Cemetery, 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMM1QK
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 07/04/2014
Views: 7
The Marker is 150 metres south of the Last Post Fund Columbaria in the northwest corner of the cemetery. His grave is four metres east of the Marker.
Marker Name: Sgt. Tommy Prince
Agency: Brookside Cemetery celebrating 125 years
Languages: English
Location:
Field of Honour Section, Lot 7927
Brookside Cemetery
3001 Notre Dame Avenue
Winnipeg
Marker Text:
Sgt. Tommy Prince
One of the Most Decorated Aboriginal War Veterans
Thomas George Prince was born in 1915 at the Brokenhead First Nation and he was the great-great-grandson of Chief Peguis, who played a prominent role in the early history of the Red River Settlement.
As a young man, Prince earned a reputation as "a good, honest hard worker," who helped support his family as a hunter, trapper, and farm labourer. With the onset of the Second World War, Prince voluntarily embarked upon what would become a distinguished military career. In 1940 he served in the Royal Canadian Engineers, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and the 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion - part of the "Devil's Brigade." Prince's courage and disregard for his own personal safety inspired his comrades and earned him the Military Medal for "exceptional bravery" as well as the Silver Star (United States) for "gallantry in action." King George VI awarded these medals to Prince at Buckingham Palace on London, England in 1945.
Prince also served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the Korean War, for which he received the Korea Medal, United Nations Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Tommy Prince has become an outstanding role model for the Aboriginal community. He demonstrated that opportunity and good training can lead to success, and he did, so in an exemplary manner. He was a natural leader, educator, entrepreneur, lobbyist, politician, visionary, and statesman.
Before Prince passed away in 1977, he receive two more honours. And in 1975, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry gave him a special salute and citation on the Brokenhead Reserve, and in October 1976, the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood awarded Prince with a Certificate of merit "for his years of dedicated service to the Indian people of Manitoba."
Field of Honour Section, Lot 7927
Dedicated June 15, 2003
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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