Name: Alphe Baptiste Amirault Rank: Flight Sergeant/Air Gunner Service No: R/88416 Service: Royal Canadian Air Force 214 (FMS) Squadron Date of Birth: August 29, 1918 Place of Birth: Lower East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Date of Enlistment: May 9, 1941 (RCAF) Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address at Enlistment: Centre East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Age at Enlistment: 22 Height: 5 feet, 8½ inches Complexion: Dark Eye Colour: Grey Hair Colour: Black Trade: Surveyor’s Helper Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Louis Norbert Amirault (Father) Centre East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Date of Death: March 5, 1943 Age: 24 Memorial: Runnymede Memorial (Surrey, England) Panel 181 Commemorated on page 313 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed every year in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 20 Commemorated on the Yarmouth War Memorial His name is listed as “Alphie“ on the Yarmouth War Memorial) Alphe was the son of Louis Norbert and Lucy E. Amirault, of Centre East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia. He attended school in Lower East Pubnico until 1932, completing his Provincial Courses. He attended St. Anne’s College, Church Point, Digby Co., NS to complete Grade 12 and completed 1st year of university in 1937 and 1938. In 1939 he completed a course in Forestry and Surveying at Acadia Forest Station. He was qualified in English and French and could read Spanish. During his school years he played hockey and Baseball extensively as well as motor boating and canoeing. He completed basic training at CABTC No. 60, Yarmouth between October 9 and November 7, 1940 (Course 1). Flight Sergeant/ Air Gunner Alphe Amirault served with 214 Squadron overseas and was reported missing and presumed dead on March 5, 1943 after air operations. The aircraft took off at 19:35 hrs. from their base at Chedburgh, Suffolk on a raid to Essen. They were shot down by flak and crashed into the sea west of Ijmuiden, Holland at 22:10 on 5 March 1943. All the crew were killed.