OBIT: STAATS, Frank Pte - March 8, 1917 - from Six Nations
Monday, March 12, 1917
INDIAN WARRIOR DIED IN ENGLAND
PTE. FRANK STAATS OF CONSTRUCTION BATTALION WAS TAKEN ILL OVERSEAS
Taken ill at Seaforth, England, on March 3, Pte. Frank Staats, who went overseas from Brantford with the 257th construction battalion, died five days later. Death took place in the military hospital there. He was a member of Court Brantford, 503, I.O.F. Before enlisting he was a resident on the Indian reserve and followed the occupation of a farmer. A wife and seven children mourn the loss of a hero husband and father.