Daniel Dick was born on December 24, 1913, the son of Josephine Dick, of Fort William Mission Bay Indian Reserve. An Ojibway First Nation, he would eventually make his way to Sarnia. When Daniel enlisted to serve, he recorded his home address as Polymer Corp., Sarnia. He would join the Canadian Army, becoming a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, attaining the rank of Private. On April 3, 1944, Daniel would lose his life at Mountain Sanatorium, Hamilton, Ontario as a result of what was listed as “pulmonary tuberculosis”. Thirty year-old Daniel Dick is buried in Fort William First Nations Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, E, F, L, 2C, 2D, 4D