Notes

Malcolm John was the son of WWI veteran, John M. McLeod, and one of seven siblings who served in the Second World War. His brothers, John Joseph and Alfred Joseph, were killed overseas. He and his other brother, Charles Donald, were wounded. Two more brothers and a sister, Max, Reginald and Daisy, also served in the Canadian Army. In 1972 Mrs. Mary McLeod was selected as the Silver Cross Mother of the year and laid the wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

Sources & Links

- a) “Chippewas of Nawash – Salute to their Veterans”, The Sun Times, 10 November 2012
- b) Gaffen, Fred. “Forgotten Soldiers.” Penticton, B.C., Theytus Books Ltd., 1985. Print