The village of Masnières in northern France honoured one of its war heroes on Friday, unveiling a plaque dedicated to Labrador Inuk John Shiwak.
Lance-Cpl. Shiwak was born in Rigolet in 1889, and is believed to have died in Masnières while fighting to liberate France in 1917. He was highly respected in his role as a sniper, and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
His great-nephew, Danny Pottle, was grateful to see his relative receive such an honour abroad.
“It’s a mixed bag of emotions,” Pottle told The St. John’s Morning Show on Friday. “This has been a dream of ours for quite some time, and it’s
