By Paul Rellinger. Separated from his family and living in daily fear of deportation, Rashid has a new beginning thanks to the efforts of a determined support group.
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Publishing date: Jul 10, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Hon. Lt.-Col. Lee-Anne Quinn of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment speaks at during Saturday s Belleville service marking the 78th anniversary of the Canadian anniversary of Sicily. The regiment lost 346 soldiers during the Second World War. Photo by Luke Hendry
Article content Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Pipe Major Robert Stewart plays “The Flowers of the Forest,” a Scottish lament. At left is Lt.-Col. (Ret.) Skip Simpson. Photo by Luke Hendry
It was a service small in size but long in tradition.
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The resident of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory turned 100 in May; dozens of well-wishers paraded past his house.
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Fuller has long been the last surviving Mohawk of the Bay of Quinte who served with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment during the Second World War. He is also one of only three surviving Hasty P veterans of the regiment.
And in January, Fuller received his Second World War Tribute pin and had a chat online with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, and Bay of Quinte Liberal MP Neil Ellis.