Name: Joseph Liboire D’Eon Rank: Air Mechanic First Class Service Number: 71437 Service: Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force Date of Birth: August 27, 1875 Place of Birth: West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: April 16, 1917 Place of Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario Address at Enlistment: West Pubnico, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 41 Height: 5 feet, 8 inches Occupation: Carpenter and Painter Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Victoria D’Eon (Mother), West Pubnico Date of Discharge: December 28, 1918 Age: 43 Date of Death: January 21, 1937 Age: 61 Cemetery: Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Joseph Liboire D’Eon was the son of Michael (Michel) D’Eon (1837-1916) and Victoria (Victoire) D’Eon (1841- 1924), the husband of Mary Madeleine (LeBlanc) D’Eon (1890-1982), and the father of Alderic Joseph D’Eon (b. 1922-before 2013) and Lorraine Marie (D’Eon) Thibedeau (1927-2013). Joseph’s siblings were Michael Eugene D’Eon (1867-1942), Mary E D’Eon Dentremont (1868-1942), Jerome Isaie D’Eon (1870-1949), Esther Domital D’Eon (b. 1871), Theresa Irene D’Eon (1873-1934), Lucy Louise D’Eon (1877-1956), Victoire A. D’Eon (1880-1973), Marie L D’Eon (b. 1883), Vincent August D’Eon (1885- 1958), Louis J H D’Eon (b. 1886), Joseph I D’Eon (b. 1888), and Esabel A D’Eon (b. 1890). On April 16, 1917, Joseph enlisted in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Toronto, Ontario. He initially served in Canada as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class with the Wing Repair Section in Deseronto, Ontario. By October 1917, he was promoted to Air Mechanic 1st Class and assigned to 43 Wing in Texas, USA, where the RFC trained during the winter of 1917-1918. The Royal Flying Corps Canada (RFC Canada) conducted training at Fort Worth, Texas, at three airfields—Hicks, Benbrook, and Everman—collectively known as Camp Taliaferro. RFC Canada trained in Texas during the winter of 1917–1918 primarily due to harsh Canadian winters, which made year-round flight training difficult. The cold weather and heavy snowfall in Canada limited flying conditions, so the British and Canadian governments arranged for training to take place in a warmer climate where airmen could train consistently. The RFC later merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force on April 1, 1918. Joseph continued his service throughout 1918 and was honorably discharged on December 28, 1918. He married Mary Madeleine LeBlanc on September 2, 1919, in Church Point (Pointe-de-l’Église) in Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia. In 1920, he was living at the corner of Cliff and Willow Street in Yarmouth. By 1931, Joseph, his wife, and their two children were living at 250 South Park Street in Yarmouth. Joseph worked as a painter. Joseph died at the age of 61 and is interred at the Our Lady of Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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