Name: Oscar Jeremiah Amiro Rank: Sapper Service Number: 601936 Service: Inland Water Transport and Docks Section, Royal Engineers, British Army Date of Birth: April 16, 1893 Place of Birth: Lower East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: July 1, 1918 Place of Enlistment: Unknown Address at Enlistment: Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Age at Enlistment: 25 Occupation: Fishing Marital Status: Single Date of Discharge: June 21, 1919 Age: 26 Date of Death: March 14, 1987 Age: 93 Cemetery: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Middle East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Oscar was the son of William Constant Amiro (1859-1945) and Ozanne Rose (Boudreau) Amiro (1865-1907), and the brother of Edgar Joseph Amiro (1890-1972), Eleanor Mary Amiro (1891-1976), James Alphonse Amirault (1895-1971), William Edward Gordon Amirault (1899-1987), Evelyn "Sr Marie Hélène" Amiro (1902-1991), and Ernest Leo Amiro (1904-1973). He was the husband of Annie Louise (Amirault) Amiro (1893-1990), and the father of Vivian Marie (Amiro) Amirault (1924-2008), Florence Agnes (Amiro) d'Eon (1922-2008), and George L Amiro (1929-1950). Born in Yarmouth Co., NS, Oscar moved to New England in 1914 at the age of 21. In 1917, he was living and working as a fisherman for the Gordon Pew Fisheries Company in Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. He registered for the US Draft on June 5, 1917, in Gloucester. Living in Massachusetts but still a British subject, Oscar enlisted with the British Army rather than enlisting in the US Armed Forces. After enlisting in July 1918, Oscar set off for overseas duty, departing from Montreal aboard the HMAT Karroo on July 24 of that year. He served with the Royal Engineers of the British Army with the Inland Water Transport and Docks Section. In December 1914, as part of the Railways Directorate, the Inland Water Transport and Docks Section. Royal Engineers. was formed to deal with transportation along the canals and waterways in France and Belgium. It became a separate section in October 1915 and grew rapidly in size with its headquarters in Richborough, Kent. Sappers operated in a variety of roles, and worked to maintain communication and transportation of food, supplies, ammunition and the evacuation of wounded. It was also referred to as IW & D (Inland Waterways and Docks). Oscar served for 11 months, from July 1918 until his discharge on June 21, 1919, following the British Army's demobilization after the war ended. He was discharged in Sandwich, Kent, England, and later returned to the United States from Liverpool in 1919 aboard HMT Ulua. Oscar and Annie wed in Lower East Pubnico on January 10, 1921. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1930, and he completed his naturalization declaration on June 30, 1942, to become a US citizen in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at the age of 93 and is interred at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Middle East Pubnico in Yarmouth Co., NS.