Description
Private Goodleaf was born on the Kahnawá:ke Mohawk Reserve in what is currently Quebec in 1897. He enlisted in 1916 with the 114th Battalion, training alongside John Stacey and Chief Clear Sky. He didn’t join them on their visit to Scotland, however, as he was seriously ill at Moore Barracks Hospital, Shorncliffe, with pneumonia. Goodleaf was sent to the Front in January 1917 and was injured at Vimy Ridge in June. After being invalided back to Britain, he spent time in hospitals in Derbyshire, Leicester, and Epsom, where he was treated for gunshot wounds to his chest, thigh and knee.He was eventually transferred back to Canada and discharged due to his injuries.
Bibliographic sources
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wounded-after-vimy-kahnawake-veteran-found-white-privilege-still-ruled-back-home-1.4071241; details text from https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/bts/2018/10/29/first-world-war-native-stories/. Image credit: Mouchie Goodleaf via CBC.