Burd Sisler is Canada’s oldest living veteran.

Now 110 years old, he joined the military in 1943 to serve in the Second World War. Before joining the Canadian Armed Forces, his family moved to Ontario from Ohio, settling in Etobicoke.

As an American citizen, he was not immediately involved in the war, but volunteered to take part in chemical warfare trials, being exposed to mustard gas and allowing specialists to study its effects on parts of his body.

At 28, Sisler signed up to train in telecommunications; a five-year course was condensed into eight months.

“It was a struggle to get through that. I managed to pass all of the exams,” he told Global News. “We were OK.”

When he qualified, he ultimately became Sgt. Telecommunication Mechanic. After the war in Europe was over, he voluntee

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