Royal Canadian Engineers: Aboriginal Man

Ortona Dept: And if you missed it, Harry, himself a carpenter, was likely to point it out and demonstrate the beauty of the thing, the carved bird handle atop a nest with an egg, a freely moving wooden ball, according to The Star. Christie, shot twice, took part in many battles, including the bloody siege of Ortona in Italy and Arnhem during the liberation of Holland and if ever you had the pleasure of visiting Harry Christie at his Toronto home, you might have noticed the intricately hand-carved walking stick propped next to the front door. Clever. But the real beauty of the stick lies in its story: a fellow soldier in the Royal Canadian Engineers, a young aboriginal man from Brantford, carved it for Christie, who then carried it with him through the war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.