Abel Thomas Peters
My dad was born Sept 10th, 1922.
Went to the Lejac Residential School. Ran away at the age of 12.
Enlisted in the Army in 1943 in the 102 Northern British Columbians, became part of the Winnipeg Rifles – trained in Wetaskin, Alberta and served overseas from Sept 1943.
Landed on Juno Beach June 6th, 1944.
Was shot in the head & arm by a machine gun@ the Cannes Airfield on the July 8th, 1944.
At 10 o’ clock in the morning … and wounded in the arm “I smashed my arm one inch shorter than this side. I was only on the Battlefield for 28 days.” said my father Abel Peters of South Side, Cheslatta Band.
Passed away Aug 2013 in Burns Lake Hospital.
Submitted by:
Gerldine Charlie
