Name: Joseph Edward Albert Deveau Rank: Private Service Number: F/86730 Service: North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: December 2, 1921 Place of Birth: Salmon River, Clare, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: June 12, 1941 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Hectanooga, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 19 Height: 5 feet, 4 inches Complexion: Fair Eyes: Blue Hair Colour: Dark brown Occupation: Woodman Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Bernadette Deveau (Sister), Meteghan, NS Date of Death: June 7, 1944 Age: 22 Cemetery: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Plot: Section XXVII, Row E, Grave 5 Commemorated on Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 21 Joseph Edward Albert Deveau was the son of John Joseph Deveau (b. circa 1899) and Mary Margaret (Robichaud) Deveau (b. circa 1903), and the sister of Marie Bernadette Deveau (b. 1920). Joseph’s father was born in Yarmouth, NS, and his mother was born in Mavillette, in Clare, Digby Co., NS. Joseph and his sister Bernadette lived in Massachusetts with their parents for a few years, and were then raised by, and lived with, their paternal grandparents in Hectanooga in Clare, Armand Theophile Deveau (1870-1977) and Marie Artenise (Thibodeau) Deveau (1882-1959). Joseph began his basic training in Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown at No .62 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC No. 62) on June 27, 1941. He was hospitalized from July 23 to 28, 1941, after a reaction to inoculation, and completed his basic on August 26, 1941. Next, he transferred to No. 14 Aldershot, in Kings Co., NS on August 27, 1941, for advanced training, but was again hospitalised from October 21 to November 27, 1941, this time having contracted scarlet fever. He was given furlough from December 28 to January 10, 1942, and completed advanced training on January 20, 1942. Joseph boarded a ship, in southern England, in preparation of the Normandy Landings on June 4, 1944. He landed on Juno Beach on D-Day during Operation Overlord with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. He was killed in action on June 7, 1944, and is interred at the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave