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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Percy James Robicheau
Regiment/Service:
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Service No:
F/8850
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
February 15, 1918
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 21, 1943
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Age at Enlistment:
25
Height; 5 feet, 6 inches
Trade:
Cotton Mill Worker
Employment at Enlistment:
Cosmos Imperial Mills, Yarmouth (9 years)
Marital Status:
Married
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Martha M. Robicheau (Wife)
Argyle St., Yarmouth NS
Date of Death:
April 5, 1945
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Holten Canadian War Cemetery (Overijssel, Netherlands)
Grave Reference:
II. G. 11.
The 96th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 559 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 23
Percy was the son of James and Susan Robicheau and husband of Martha Mary
Robicheau, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and father of Lawrence Raymond Robicheau
(born January 27, 1945).
He was killed in action while serving in Holland. He served in Canada
between August 19, 1943 and October 13, 1944; in England between October 10,
1944 and November 23, 1944; and in Northwest Europe between November 24,
1944 and April 4, 1945. He was initially buried in the town of Almen.
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Percy James Robicheau