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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Louis Ross Amiro
Rank:
Private
Regimental Number:
734079
Battalion:
112th Battalion/85th Battalion
Company:
“A” Company (85th Battalion)
Date of Birth:
April 14, 1899
(1898 on attestation)
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
February 18, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
16
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches
Complexion: dark
Eyes: blue grey
Hair: dark brown
Prior Military Experience:
29th Battery, CFA (Yarmouth) Recruit and Cadet
Trade:
Cotton Mill worker
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Martha Amiro (Mother) Yarmouth, NS
Wounded:
Cambrai on September 27,
Date of Death:
September 29, 1918
Age at Death:
19
Cemetery:
Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, France
Plot: III. A. 17.
Commemorated on Page 359 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 6 and August 7
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.
Listed on the Cosmos Cotton Co. Ltd. Tablet
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument as “Amirault, Louis”
Louis was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Amiro, of Main Street, Yarmouth, NS. He enlisted with 112th
Battalion at the age of 16 and went overseas as a bugler and drummer in the 112th Battalion Band.
He was transferred to the 26th Battalion and then to the 17th Reserve Battalions.
In May 1918 he was transferred to the 85th Battalion and joined them in France on July 9, 1918. On
July 29 he entered the trenches and was wounded at Cambrai on September 27.
During the advance with his company, “A” Company, he was hit, about 8:00 am, by machine gun
bullets in both legs. His wounds were immediately dressed and he was transported to the nearest
field ambulance. From there he was taken to No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station. His wounds were too
serious and he died two days later at about 1:30 am, September 29, 1918.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/sunkenroadboisleux.htm
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
findagrave.com
Additional Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (pp 30-31)
Louis Ross Amiro