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Private Edward Joseph Morrisseau

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Military service

Service number: H/20809
Age: 27
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth: April 2, 1918 Réserve Alexander, nation Sagkeeng, Pine Falls, Manitoba
Enlistment: May 5, 1941 Ontario
Death: December 23, 1945 St. Boniface Sanatorium, Manitoba
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Son of Albert Morrisseau and Marie Courchene, of Pine Falls. Brother of Ambrose and Lawrence.

A Métis from the Sagkeeng Nation, he enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada before being transferred to the Winnipeg Grenadiers on October 21st, 1941. Member of C Force Hong Kong. Prisoner of war in Hong Kong from October 28th, 1941 to August 16th, 1945.

Served in Manitoba and Hong Kong with C Force. He had 1,694 days of service, including 1,460 overseas.

To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Morrisseau Lake located northeast of Pike Lake in his honor in 1979.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 548 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FORT ALEXANDER FIRST NATIONS ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada

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