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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Joseph Lawrence Babin
Service No:
F/7177
Rank:
Rifleman
Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Date of Birth:
June 27, 1919
Place of Birth:
Sluice Point Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
September 9, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Sluice Point, Yarmouth Co., NS
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 5 feet, 7 inches
Trade:
Farmer
Martial Status:
Single (at enlistment)
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Charlotte Babin (wife) Amirault’s Hill, Yarmouth Co., NS
(as of March 1923)
Joseph Babin was the son of Raymond and Sylvie Helen Babin. After enlistment, he received permission on March 23, 1943
to marry Charlotte Marie Muise of Amirault’s Hill, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia.
He served in Canada between September 9, 1939 and June 25, 1944, in the United Kingdom between June 26, 1944 and July
17, 1944, and in France between July 18, 1944 and August 16, 1944. He was killed in action while serving in France.
Date of Death:
August 16 1944
Age at Death:
25
Cemetery:
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
(Calvados, France)
Grave Reference:
XVI. C. 9.
The 7th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
(Babine on the Yarmouth War Memorial)
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Lawrence Joseph Babin