Joseph Dreaver with His Medals | Indigenous Involvement in the World Wars | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars | From Vimy to Juno: Canadians Through Two World Wars

This portrait, taken in between the two wars, shows Joseph wearing all of his medals. Joseph received the Military Medal in 1918. Of the three brothers to go to war, only Joseph had survived. Pte. Frank Nickle was killed in action at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. Pte. William Fredrick was wounded in action at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and died from his wounds shortly after returning home. Joseph went on to enlist in the Second World War, serving as part of Canada's Home Guard and guarding prisoners-of-war in Alberta.

Black and white photograph. A portrait of Joseph Dreaver shows him with his hands folded in his lap. He wears a uniform and medals on his left side. — (Anthony Blair Dreaver Johnston and the Family of Joseph Dreaver.)

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