Normandy Warrior, a portrait of late Indigenous veteran Private (retired) Philip Favel, is part of the Canadian War Museum’s national collection. It is the work of Ottawa artist Elaine Goble, who plans a series of portraits to tell the stories of other Indigenous veterans. Photo: Canadian War Museum
November 8, 2021 - Defence Stories
This Indigenous Veterans Day is being marked in the absence of an important figure, though his image and story live on in a work of art.
Private (retired) Philip Favel passed away on January 31, 2021, age 98, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
He not only served with distinction during the Second World War - earning a French Legion of Honour Medal among others – but was also a leader in the fight for the equal treatment of Indigenous veterans that followed.
