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Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Edwin Frederick Amirault
Rank:
Private 1st Class, U.S. Army
Service No:
31160357
Battalion:
21st Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards:
Purple Heart
Date of Birth:
July 8, 1907
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 13, 1942
Place of Enlistment:
Boston, Massachusetts
Address at Enlistment:
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Age at Enlistment:
35
Height: 5 feet, 6 inches
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Weight: 140 lbs
Trade:
Accountant/Auditor
Marital Status:
Single (at enlistment)
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Ann Alice Amirault (Wife) Wakefield, Massachusetts
Date of Death:
January 2, 1945
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery
(Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
Grave Reference:
Plot D Row 11 Grave 7
The 5th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Edwin was the son of Gilbert Amirault and Emma (Cotreau) Amirault. The family lived in Yarmouth at the
time of his birth. Edwin and his mother lived with an uncle and aunt in New Edinburgh, Digby Co., NS in
1921. In 1929 at the age of 22, he left Canada, leaving Nova Scotia on the SS Yarmouth, and arriving in
Boston on September 7, 1929. He entered the US using the name Edward; however, his name was corrected
to Edwin on the US citizenship papers. Edwin completed four years of college.
Following his enlistment in August, 1942, he applied for US citizenship on November 24, 1942. He married
Ann Alice Cottreau (1917-1998) on September 10, 1943. Ann was born in Wedgeport, Yarmouth Co., NS.
At the time of his death she resided at 15 Crystal Lake Park in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Private Amirault was killed in the attack on Mande-St. Etienne, Belgium, on January 2, 1945 during the
Battle of the Bulge. The attack started in mid-afternoon. Both infantry and armored task forces moved into
the town but were forced to fight street to street and cellar to cellar all through the night before securing
full possession.
Source:
American Battle Monuments Commission
Edwin Frederick Amirault