Pegahmagabow leaves school at the age of 12 and begins working at lumber camps and fishing stations, eventually working as a marine fireman. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). He was the most highly decorated Native American soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War. Ontario Hubs field producer Jeyan Jeganathan looks at why Pegahmagabow, the most highly decorated First Nations solider for bravery in Canadian military history, is worth remembering. In the bloodshed and chaos that is the battlefields of the First World War, hundreds of thousands of young Canadian men sign up to fight for their country overseas — but there's one who sticks out from the crowd. He is buried in a military grave in Parry Sound. He joined the 23rd regiment and shipped out to Europe February 15 with the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion. Francis Pegahmagabow adalah penembak jitu dan pengintai dalam Perang Dunia I. Dinas militer serta pembelaannya yang penuh semangat untuk hak-hak penduduk asli, menjadi inspirasi bagi komunitas Anishnaabe-nya.Francis Pegahmagabow merupakan salah satu dari orang yang pertama kali mengikuti deklarasi perang. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Francis Pegahmagabow MM & Two Bars, (March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was the First Nations soldier most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of World War I. He was an Ojibwe Nishnaabe, a member of the Caribou clan, and part of the Wasauksing First Nation. Following the outbreak of World War I, Pegahmagabow volunteered for service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in August 1914. Francis Pegamagabow The Second Battle of Ypres Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow or "Peggy" as his fellow soldiers called him was involved in many fierce battles. Francis Pegahmagabow MM & Two bars (March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was the First Nations soldier most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the … Francis Pegahmagabow is not a well-known name, but he was a Canadian First Nation sniper-hero of World War One and the most-awarded native soldier in the Canadian military. Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (/ ˌ p ɛ ɡ ə m ə ˈ ɡ æ b oʊ /; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was a Canadian First Nations soldier, politician and activist. Francis Pegahmagabow was a remarkable aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war and his people in time of peace. He was an Ojibwa from the Parry Island Band in Ontario who was awarded the Military Medal plus two bars for his battlefield service during the First World War. It's this mix of patience and unerring aim that makes him the deadliest sniper on either side of the war, with 378 confirmed kills. He was an Ojibwa from the Parry Island Band in Ontario who was awarded the Military Medal plus two bars for his battlefield service during the First World War. He would later gain a Bar for his Military Medal, for leading reinforcements during the Second Battle of Passchendaele, and second one for bringing ammunition to his post during the Battle of the Scarpe, becoming one of only 39 Canadians to receive this honor. His lungs are so weakened from gas exposure that he sleeps sitting upright to keep them from filling with fluid. He was the most highly dec… Battles he fought in Francis Pegahmagabow fought in many battles. He was always saying how we have to live in harmony with all living things in this world. By the time of his discharge, he had attained the rank of sergeant-major and had been awarded the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal. He's the most decorated First Nations soldier in Canadian history. He was credited with killing 378 Germans and capturing 300 more. Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (/ˌpɛɡəməˈɡæboʊ/; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was the First Nations soldier most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of World War I. He was the most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime he had no option. An Ojibwa from the Perry Island Band in Ontario, he was awarded the … Three times awarded the Military Medal and seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with killing 378 Germans and capturing 300 more. He can't vote, and — as is the case with all First Nations people at the time — almost every aspect of his life, from his ability to leave the reserve to his military pension, is controlled by an Indian Agent, a powerful white bureaucrat assigned to oversee all Indigenous people in his jurisdiction. Francis “Peggy” Pegahmagabow, Anishnaabe chief, Indigenous rights advocate, war hero (born on 9 March 1891 on the Parry Island reserve, ON; died 5 August 1952 at Parry Island, ON).One of the most highly decorated Indigenous people in Canada during the First World War, Pegahmagabow became a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights and self-determination. In 1921, Pegahmagabow begins to advocate for change, first as a leader of his people. Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (/ˌpɛɡəməˈɡæboʊ/; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was the First Nations soldier most highly decorated for bravery in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of World War I. Francis Pegahmagabow was born on March 9, 1889 at what is now Shawanaga First Nation, on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, Ontario, the only child of Michael Pegahmagabow and Mary Contin. His fellow soldiers call him Peggy. Francis Pegahmagabow was a sniper in the war who killed over 300 soilders and capture about 300 more. Francis Pegahmagabow is a native Canadian who was born in 1889 on the Shawanaga First Nation reserve, north of Parry Sound.