Name: Joseph Watson Lewis Rank: Private Service Number: F/57668 Service: Algonquin Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: September 11, 1924 Place of Birth: Waterford, Digby Neck, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: October 29, 1943 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Waterford, Digby Neck, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age of Enlistment: 19 Height: 5 feet, 11 inches Eye Colour: Gray Hair Colour: Dark brown Occupation: Fisherman Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Mary Lewis (Mother) Date of Death: March 3, 1945 Age: 20 Cemetery: Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands Grave: Section XIV, Row F, Grave 9 Commemorated on Page 534 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 10 Joseph Watson Lewis was the son of Watson Joseph (1880-1976) and Mary (Robichaud) Lewis (1886- 1951), of Waterford, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. His father was born in Port Lorne, Annapolis Co. and his mother was born in Waterford, on Digby Neck, Digby Co., NS. His siblings were Elwin Joseph Lewis (b. 1907), Ashton Timothy Lewis (1910-1999), Darrell John Peter Lewis (b. 1912), Frederick Charles Lewis (b. 1914), Joseph Henry Lewis (b. 1915), Mary Viva Agnes Lewis (1917-2005), William Lovitt Lewis (b. 1918), Hazel Elizabeth Lewis (b. 1921), and Charles Phillip Lewis (1926-1926). His brother Lovitt also served overseas. His brother Frederick was in the Royal Canadian Navy. A fisherman by trade, Joseph was working at the Stanley Airport in Stanley, Hants Co., NS, prior to enlistment. He completed his basic training at the No. 60 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC 60), known as Camp 60, from November 19, 1943, to January 22, 1944. Joseph departed Canada from Halifax on April 30, 1944, and disembarked in the United Kingdom on May 7, 1944. On September 15th, he departed the UK, landing in France the next day. He was killed in action on March 3, 1945. He was initially buried in the western outskirts of Xanten, North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany, and was later reinterred at the Nijmegen Canadian War Cemetery, 4 miles south-east of Nijmegen, Netherlands, now known as the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands in May of 1945.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave