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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Robert Francis Boudreau
Rank:
Private
Regiment/Service:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Service No:
F/8829
Date of Birth:
February 27, 1923
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, NS
Date of Enlistment:
February 18, 1943
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Age at Enlistment:
19
Height:
5 feet, 2 inches
Complexion:
Medium
Eyes:
Brown
Hair:
Dark Brown
Trade:
Truck Driver
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Elizabeth Boudreau (Stepmother) Wedgeport, NS
Date of Death:
August 12, 1944
Age at Death:
20
Cemetery:
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers
(Calvados, France)
Grave Reference:
IV. F. 14.
The 16th name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Listed on the War Monument at Saint Michel Parish Church, Wedgeport, NS
Commemorated on page 254 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 28
Robert was the stepson of Elizabeth M. Boudreau, and Charles M. Boudreau, of Upper Wedgeport, Yarmouth Co., NS.
Robert left school at age sixteen and was employed as a general helper by Charles Boudreau in his boat building business
in Upper Wedgeport for three years. In the ten months prior to his enlistment, he was employed as a truck driver with
Thompson Construction Co. Yarmouth, NS.
Attached to No 6 District Depot at Halifax, he completed training under the Militia, National Resources Mobilization Act
of 1940 in Halifax, Debert, NS and Sussex, NB between February 18, 1943 and May 28, 1944 under the Service Number of
F/602014 when he enlisted for Active Service. He was assigned a new Service Number, F/8829 at Sussex, NB with an
enlistment/attestation date of May 28, 1944.
He served in Canada between February 18,1943 and June 25, 1944. He arrived in the United Kingdom on July 3, 1944.
and departed England for France on July 25 arriving in France on July 26,1944.
While serving in France with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Private Boudreau was severely wounded in action on
August 12, 1944 died at 11:35 pm. The following day he was buried at St. Germains La Blanche Herbe and reburied in the
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery after the end of the war.
Robert Francis Boudreau
Photo: Wartime Heritage - July 2009
Robert Francis Boudreau Honoured by Road Name
WEDGEPORT:
Argyle
Municipal
Council
accepted
a
petition
to
change
the
Chemin
Dirt
Road
to
Chemin
Robert
Boudreau
Crescent
to
honour
Robert
Francis
Boudreau
who
lived
on
the
road.
The
resolution
to
accept
the
petition
was
at the monthly council meeting on September 8, 2015.
Robert
Francis
Boudreau
was
killed
in
action
in
Normandy,
France
on
August
12,
1944
during
the
allied
invasion
and
the
liberation
of
France
and
Europe.
He
was
21
years
old
although
a
military
record
states
he
was
20
years
old.
He
was
born
on
February
27,
1923
and
was
the
adopted
son
of
Élizabeth
and
Charles
Boudreau
a
Wedgeport boat builder.
He
was
an
army
private
in
the
Royal
Hamilton
Light
Infantry.
He
is
buried
in
the
Beny-sur-Mer
Canadian
War
Cemetery
in
Reviers,
Calvados,
France
not
far
from
Juneau
Beach
where
the
Canadian
Forces
landed.
31
other
soldiers of the same regiment died on the same day as Robert.
In July 2009, three members of the
Wartime Heritage Association
visited the grave of Robert
Boudreau at the Beny-sur-Mer
Canadian War Cemetery and placed
a Canadian flag at the grave
marker.