Name: James Theodore Amiro Rank: Private Service Number: 734128 Battalion/Service : 112th Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment Served in: Canada, England, and France Date of Birth: August 31, 1894 Place of Birth: Middle East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Date of Enlistment: March 13, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Middle East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Age of Enlistment: 21 Height: 5 feet, 3 inches Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Grey Hair Colour: Black Occupation: Fisherman, Sailor Marital Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Next of Kin: Theresa Amiro (Mother), Middle East Pubnico, NS Date of Discharge: September 21, 1918 Age: 24 Date of Death: March 20, 1966 Age: 71 Cemetery: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Middle East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS Grave: Plot 21, Grave 1 James Theodore Amiro was the son of George Laurie Amiro (1865-1925) and Elizabeth Therese (LeBlanc) Amiro (1867-1951), and the brother of Wilfred J Laurier Amirault (1896-1978), Aline Mary Elizabeth Amirault (b. 1898), Mary S Amirault (b. 1899), and Albert Amirault (b. 1902). James served with the 112th Battalion and B Company, Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Augustine Simon LeBlanc, his uncle and the brother of his mother, also served with the 112th Battalion and the Royal Canadian Regiment. James served in Canada, in England from April 1, 1916, until April 1917, and in France from April 16, 1917, to October 5, 1917. He was wounded in action from a gunshot or gun shrapnel wound (from an artillery shell) to his right knee and leg on October 4, 1917. On October 4, 1917, the RCR fought in the Battle of Broodseinde near Ypres in Belgium, at the east end of the Gheluvelt plateau. The British Second and Fifth armies fought against the German 4th Army. It was the most successful Allied attack of the Third Battle of Ypres. Using bite-and-hold tactics, with objectives limited to what could be held against German counterattacks, the British devastated the German defence, prompted a crisis among the German commanders and caused a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army. Preparations were made by the Germans for local withdrawals and planning began for a greater withdrawal, which would entail the abandonment by the Germans of the Belgian coast, one of the strategic aims of the Flanders Offensive. After his injuries of October 4th, James was evacuated to England the next day on October 5, 1917. From England, he returned to Canada, and was discharged in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in September of 1918 having been found to be medically unfit for further service. After the war, James continued to live with his family. After the death of his mother, James, and his uncle Augustine, continued to live in the home. Neither ever married and they were both employed at sea. He appears on the crew list as a Seaman aboard the Cupola sailing from Clarks Harbour in Shelburne Co., NS to Gloucester, Mass. in November of 1927. The Cupola was a fishing vessel captained by Master Andrew Deon, with August d’Entremont serving as Mate, Frank Doughty, Engineer, and Robert d’Entremont, Cook. James died March 20, 1966, at the age of 71 and he was interred at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Middle East Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS. His uncle, Augustine LeBlanc, was buried next to his to his nephew, James, in 1975. For many years after their deaths, their graves were unmarked. Since 2018, they were marked by wooden crosses at the cemetery. Official government grave markers were installed in 2025 after local efforts to report the lack of official commemoration. The Last Post Fund funded the new headstones.