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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Frank Stephens D’Entremont
Rank:
Private
Service:
Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Service Number:
G32105
Date of Birth:
June 27, 1916
Place of Birth:
West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 31, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
St. John, NB
Address At Enlistment:
St. John, NB
Age at Enlistment:
Height: 5 feet, 6¾ inches
Complexion: Dark
Eyes:
Brown
Hair: Black
Previous Military:
St. John Fusiliers [1935]
Trade:
Labourer
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Charles D’Eon [Aunt] West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS
Private D’Entremont was the nephew of Mrs. Charles A. D'Eon, of Upper West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia. He lived
in Upper West Pubnico until the age of six and then lived in Massachusetts, US for five years. At the age of eleven he moved to
St. John, NB where he was living when he enlisted.
He served in Canada from August 31, 1939 to December 9, 1939; in the United Kingdom from December 10, 1939 to Jube 16,
1943 and in the Italian Campaign from June 17, 1943 until July 18, 1943. He was killed in action against the enemy while serving
in Sicily.
Date of Death:
July 18, 1943
Age at Death:
31
Cemetery:
Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference:
A, B, 22.
Commemorated on Page 152 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 30
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Frank Stephens D’Entremont