Name: Joseph Harold Weaver Rank: Private Service Number: F/3491 Service: Cape Breton Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: December 31, 1917 Place of Birth: St. Bernard, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: June 7, 1943 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: St. Bernard, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age of Enlistment: 25 Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Evé Weaver (Father) (at enlistment) Emma Weaver (Mother), St. Bernard, NS (as of January 4, 1944) Height: 5 feet, 9 inches Complexion: Dark Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Brown Date of Death: September 1, 1944 Age: 26 Cemetery: Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy Grave: Section I, Row E, Grave 9 Commemorated on Page 473 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 10 Joseph Harold Weaver was the son of Francois Evé Weaver (1879-1967) and Emma Auralie (Soucie) Weaver (1880-1964), of St. Bernard, Digby Co., Nova Scotia, and the brother of Marie Cora (Weaver) Malloy (1907- 1988), Joseph Camille Weaver (1910-1979), Marie Catherine Francoise (Weaver) d’Entremont (1912-2002), Marie Jennie (Weaver) Blinn (1914-1998), Marie Anna (Weaver) Cunningham (1915-1986), Joseph Kenneth Weaver (1920-2000), and Joseph Edward Weaver (1924-2021). Harold’s brother Kenneth served in the Merchant Navy, and Edward also served in the armed forces. Joseph served in the Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) or Reserves, in March – April 1943, and then trained at No. 60 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC), known as Camp 60, from June 7 to June 18, 1943. He subsequently transferred to the A14 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (A14 CITC) at Aldershot in Kings County, NS, for advanced training until October 26, 1943, and then assigned to 1st Training Brigade Group in Debert, Nova Scotia. He departed Canadian on December 15, 1943, and disembarked in the United Kingdom December 21, 1943. Harold departed England on February 19, 1944, and landed in Italy on March 3, 1944, with the Cape Breton Highlanders. Private Joseph Harold Weaver was killed in action in Italy on September 1, 1944. He is interred at the Montecchio War Cemetery in Italy.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave