Sergeant June Madonna Parris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was the daughter of D-Day veteran Gerald Parris and Yvonne Talbot.

June joined as an administration clerk and served in Halifax, Toronto, London and Hamilton from 1980 to 2015, retiring from the forces at the Rank of Sergeant while attached to The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada.

You can read more about June on her Black Canadian Veterans Stories page.