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Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Victor Andrew Muise
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Service No:
F/57340
Regiment/Service:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Date of Birth:
January 28, 1916
Place of Birth:
Wyman Road, Yarmouth NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 12, 1943
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax NS
Address At Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Age at Enlistment:
27
Height:
5 feet, 6 ¾ inches
Trade:
Meat Cutter
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Louise Muise (Mother) Wyman Rd., Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Death:
April 10, 1946
Age at Death:
30
Cemetery:
Brookwood Cemetery (Surrey, England)
Grave Reference:
62. B. 4.
The 84th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 588 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on December 13
Lance Corporal Victor Muise was the son of George A. Muise and Louise Muise. He was one of
seventeen children, with nine brothers and seven sisters. Three of his brothers, served during World
War II. His brother, James Reginald Muise was killed in action while serving in Italy on May 23, 1944.
Victor completed grade 8 and left school to work at the age of 14. He was employed four years as a
farm hand, four years as a delivery boy, clerk, and meat cutter, one year as a farm hand in Ontario,
and four years prior to his enlistment employed by A. S. Patton, Yarmouth, NS, as a meat cutter. He
played baseball and softball, liked to skate, swim and enjoyed horseback riding.
On enlistment he was recommended for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He was assessed as
being pleasant and co-operative. He completed training at Camp Borden in Canada between August
19 and February 19, 1944 and qualified as a butcher/meat cutter. He was transferred to Debert and
embarked for England on April 11, 1944 arriving on April 19, 1944. He served in France from June
16, 1944 until March 24, 1946 when he became ill and was evacuated to No. 22 Canadian General
Hospital in England. Diagnosed with diphtheria his condition worsened and he died on April 1, 1946
in Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
findagrave.com
Victor Andrew Muise
Photo: Charlie (Yorkshire UK)