In memory of

Sergeant

Thomas George Prince

Tommy Prince died in 1977 at the age of 62 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Military Service:
Age: Enlisted at age 24
Force: Army
Unit: 1st Special Service Force (known to the enemy as the Devils Brigade)
Division: Canadian Parachute Battalion
Citations: Military Medal, Sliver Star, 1939-1945, Italy Star, France and German Star,
Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the war medal.
He was the most decorated First Nation soldier of all time.

Additional Information:
Date and Place of Birth: October 15, 1915, in Scanterbury, Manitoba
Family Members: He was one of 11 children born to Harry and Elisabeth Prince of the Brokenhead Band
of Ojibwa.
Interests: Growing up, Prince became a superb marksman with exceptional tracking skills learned from
countless days spent with his dad hunting in the wilderness around his Indian reserve.
Anecdotes:
During World War II. Tommy Prince was sent behind enemy lines to report the German position. He
positioned himself in an old abandoned farmhouse and sent information back to his unit via a
communications wire. The wire was damaged by shelling, so he dressed as a farmer and pretended to
hoe the field as he looked for the damaged wire. When he found it he pretended to tie his shoe and
quickly connected the wire. As he did so he had a clear view of the enemy troops and quickly reported
their position to his unit.
In France Tommy went 72 hours (3 days) without food or water while looking for an enemy camp. When
he found it, he returned all the way back through the rugged terrain and then led his brigade back to the
German camp, resulting in the capture of more than 1,000 German soldiers.